The 2007 Senatoriables

I think the election is getting hotter as the month of MAY comes in slowly but surely. The jingles, the commercials and the out of town appearances of the candidates are truly awesome. I mean, I didn’t even know that half of these wannabe Senatoriables existed if not for the election time. I think half [...]

Unexplained killings not Extrajudicial killings

Conrado de Quiros is one of my favorite columnists. His ideas are witty, crisp and factual. He’s got a strong opinion on every imaginable topic that concerns the public. I especially like the parodies and the simple “hirits” that cut across like a knife. The pen, in my opinion, is sharper in Mr. de Quiros’ [...]

The White Coat

My fifth year in college is about to close. And I’m about to explode.
My whole life had already been planned before I came to college. Every path I took lead me to medicine, and some rocky, road less traveled by lead me back to my first love: Law. But ask me what I’ve always wanted, [...]

UPLB Education under construction

For the first time ever, UPLB will become a ghost town this summer. No students to walk under the shady trees, no teachers to stalk inside classrooms nor jeepneys to go in and out of the campus; all because there would be no course offerings other than thesis, practicum, dissertations and special projects or problems.
UP [...]

Philippine Election Circus

ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
 Section 3. No person shall be a Senator unless he is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines, and, on the day of the election, is at least thirty-five years of age, able to read and write, a registered voter, and a resident of the Philippines for not less than two years immediately [...]