By GLADES JANE MAGLUNSOD Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY -- The recognition rites is a very important event for every parent, teacher, and student. It is like a license for one to move on to the next level. The eighth Moving Up Recognition Rites of the MIFSI Academy was...
"Fighting Back: In and out of the Courts" illustrates not only how the template of rights has been used to analyze the conflicts that the NUPL’s clients face but also how this template has been expanded to new breadth to reach new horizons.
While we all fight for victory, the odds of it are not the only things that should determine whether we push or abandon struggle. Because, sometimes, the only thing that matters is doing the right thing, for the right reason, despite the odds. Your two books are all about doing the right things despite the odds. That is a lesson for everyone, not just for starting lawyers.
“In the case of Flor Contemplacion, we only had eight days from the time we knew about the case. In the case of Mary Jane, we had three weeks.”
“Anything that’s worth telling and retelling should be put in writing.”
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Will Vice-President Jejomar Binay still run for President in 2016 despite his falling approval and preference numbers? Who will be his running mate, if ever? Wily tactician that he is, Binay is thinking of getting...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In 1993, then US President Bill Clinton had to fight hard to overcome his Democratic partymates’ “fierce opposition” to the passage in Congress of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Today another...
Ni ROMMEL PIPOY LINATOC Kayo ay nangarap magkaroon ng pagkain Pagbuo ng Tsinelas, inyong sininsin Sa karampot na sahod, pinagkasya ng buong lugod Kalam ng sikmura, tinumbasan ng sipag at tiyaga Habang nakaabang ang malaking pinsala Ang amoy ng goma ay pabangong...
By LHEALYN VICTORIA Bulatlat.com Every time people ask me why I chose to major in Journalism, I just smile and not bother to explain, not because I'm being a snob, but because I didn't know what to say then. I initially chose this course, not because I wanted to...
"They did not treat us as their employees, they treated us as their slaves."
Farmers, hopeful for a bountiful harvest, train their carabaos to give tribute to their patron saint, San Isidro.
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Inaccuracy is the worst offense journalists can commit. False or misleading information can cause people to make bad choices, such as which candidate to vote for, or what public policies to oppose or support. But...
By LISA ITO Bulatlat.com Book review of Louie Jalandoni, Revolutionary: An Illustrated Biography (2015), launched on 25 April 2015 at the Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines Diliman I first heard of the name Luis Jalandoni as a young campus journalist,...
Inay, gumising ako sa malamig na banig, Dumilat, sumilip, ngunit walang natatap ni katiting mong tinig. Tumungo sa kusina pero ni anino mo'y hindi ko nakita. Inay, nasaan ka ba? Tayo'y kumain na. Sa bawat paghalik ng kubyertos sa aking plato, Ramdam ko ang dampi ng...
“A small petition in the Philippines became international and showed that the whole world sympathizes with Mary Jane.”
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The month of May evokes in me memories of joy and sadness. May is the month of fiestas. Where I was born and grew up, we have been celebrating two: May 4, the feast of Sta. Monica (the barrio of my birth) and...
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld May 3 was proclaimed in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly as World Press Freedom Day on the recommendation of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). It has since been celebrated...
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