A disgrace

I was shocked when I watched a certain Manny Salgado, assistant manager of the Green Archers, hack Arwind Santos at the back of the head with a closed fist. Talk about unsportsmanlike conduct.
Is that what you teach your kids (or grandkids)? Loose a game, hit the players? Did you loose a huge bet because [...]

Why switch back to a PC?

This video is slowly convincing me to come back to the PC…
This is by way of this post.
Anyway, the hearings are over (the Senate inquiry was postponed because they had to tackle “other” things) and so is this week’s pressure. Tomorrow, I’ll spend a “relatively relaxing” day in my consultancy job.
Some lawyers are thinking of [...]

WTF? Part 2

What is this new baloney called Executive Order No. 464?
According to news reports, it bars key government officials, including those from the military and the police, from appearing in any Congressional inquiry without her consent.
This EO can be challenged on two grounds:
1. The Constitution (Section 22, Article VI) is quite clear that this prior consent [...]

Weird…

All sorts of weirdness today…
In today’s headlines, over 100 of the 200 ballot boxes in the House of Representative’s custody were “stolen.”
That’s weird. There’s no real value to those beat-up ballot boxes, the ones repainted every election time the way we repaint our crypts come November 1.
And who would benefit from the loss of those [...]

An eventful week ahead…

Sorry for the tardiness of this entry.
If this first day is any indication, this will be a very busy week for me.
First off, a friend got me into a meeting at 8:00 a.m. I thought it was concerning his business, but it was personal. But it’s been a long time since I got [...]

Blog Lecture No. 44: Right To Peaceful Assembly

Ok class! Prepare for a long lecture this time.
What is the basis of the right to peaceful assembly in the Philippines?
Its foundation is found in Section 4, Article III of the 1987 Constitution that says:
SEC. 4. No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right [...]

The Final Week

Blogging about the bar exams has already been a Saturday habit for me. Unfortunately, this should end today because, folks, this is the last week of the grueling “Hell Month” of September.
From experience, the test in Remedial Law has been the longest and the hardest. This exam counts more than any other single exam in [...]

An Honor…

Twenty four hours on the road, with nary an internet connection, driving a manual vehicle fighting traffic, drowsiness (due to utter lack of sleep) and depression (as we buried my aunt yesterday), I am deeply and pleasantly honored because my small corner of the internet has been featured this week as PinoyBlog of the Week. [...]

The Bill of Rights, Annotated

As this country commemorates the 33rd anniversary of Proclamation 1081, otherwise known as the Proclamation of Martial Law, I will deem it best to make a list of rights we enjoy per Article 32 of the Civil Code and see how far these have been slowly stripped away from us given recent events. Let’s just [...]

Blogging from Megamall

Here I am blogging from Megamall. Brought in my Jessica to Digital Playground because the hard disk died again…
Probation’s over! Now it’s to the principal’s office…

Good thing I did not depend on this baby anymore. I have Lindsay for that.

Later…