Monthly Archives: June 2012
Last Bulwark of Democracy
“The only problem is that a good man like a hard case makes a bad justice – a chief justice at that.” Now that the chief justice had been impeached, there has been a deluge of notable names being touted as the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The names of Gilbert Teodoro, Miriam… Read More »
ENTITLEMENT OF INHERITANCE
Q. Hi Atty. Rogie . Through your column I wish to ask your assistance in matters of inheritance issues. My deceased father has four (4) siblings. His brother , who is actually my uncle Mike and single and without any child died few years ago, leaves an estate consisting of commercial apartments somewhere in Quezon City, Metro Manila.… Read More »
PACquiao cheated of victory
The loss of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao to Timothy Bradley would most likely become one of the most controversial fights in boxing history and could become the catalyst for reforms in the way fights are judged. These are the facts: The round-by-round Lederman Card showed Pacquiao winning, a total of 119 over Bradley’s 109. Lederman gave Round 10 to… Read More »
Step-children and inheritance
Q. My father had a property in Philippines and passed away many years ago without leaving a will. The property (house and lot) is still under his name. I am one of two surviving legitimate children (call us A and B). Before my father married my mother, my mother had four children with a previous marriage (she was… Read More »
Renato Corona, ex-Chief Justice
Renato Corona is a giant of a man. He towers above practically all whom he talks to. He’s easily over 200 pounds, perhaps 230, 240. His full crop of hair and his taut and smooth face belie his 63 years. He walks with an awkward gait, like one who treads a bed of hot coal or of broken… Read More »
It’s Over When It’s Over
“He had butterflies in his belly but he was quite assured that his harrowing experience will finally be over.” It was past half twelve and the freezing cold made his bones chill. He went closed to the blue-sheet covered bed, fell like a log, the right arm T-squared on his receding forehead, his eyelids meeting on the centre… Read More »
Reflections on the life of a Filipino Canadian retiree
Art T. Viola is not an average retiree. There is a man who has spent his life in service of the people and lovingly caring for his family in a foreign land that he now calls home. Art T. Viola is an epitome of the merging of two cultures that have produced a personality that Filipino immigrants anywhere… Read More »
Press Freedom
“The failure to prevent the killing of journalists and attacks on the media means that governments and authorities around the world are depriving you, me and everyone else of a fundamental right guaranteed to us by the Universal declaration of Human Rights – that of freely receiving and imparting information and ideas. “Barry James (Press Freedom , Safety… Read More »
THE NEXT PH CHIEF JUSTICE SHOULD ALSO BE MENTALLY FIT
CHICAGO (jGLi) – When I first arrived in the U.S. in mid-eighties, I saw this quote on the wall of my former Philippine News boss (the late Ben Manogura): there are three kinds of people in this world – those who make things happen; those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. As a columnist,… Read More »