It was September 40 years ago when President Marcos cracked down on one of the freest press in the world with the declaration of martial law through Proclamation 1081. For 14 years since, we journalists at that time had to live through censorship in the first few years when military censors actually watched over the newsroom, and self-censorship… Read More »
Sa lahat yata ng iba’t ibang kultura sa mundo hindi maiiwasan meron itong mga bahaging salungat o puedeng ituring naghahatakan o nagbabakbakan. Dahil seguro dala ng panahon, ng hindi maiiwasang pagbabago habang lumilipas ang mga buwan at taon. Ang tao at kapaligiran ay binabago ng panahon. Sa ganitong pagbabago ang kultura lang ang pangmatagalan, hindi nababaklas kundi nadagdagan… Read More »
Philippine press was once one of the freeest – if not the freeest – press in the world. Not anymore. Today, freedom of the press, as we once knew it, is a relic of the past. Members of the Fourth Estate would defend their freedom like they would defend their own lives. Indeed, 72 journalists have been killed… Read More »
Incitatus was a horse. Not an ordinary horse. Aside that he belonged to Caligula, or Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the Emperor of Rome from 37 AD to 41 AD, he also was appointed to the Roman senate. Caligula known for his eccentricities treated his horse in many extraordinary ways. It was said that the horse’s stable was… Read More »
The recent controversies involving Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and former DILG Undersecretary Rico Puno exposed two obvious weaknesses in the administration of President Aquino – the apparent lack of trust in his senior Cabinet officials and the lack of consistent and coherent direction in government policies. The lack of trust first became evident when Aquino said that Puno… Read More »
There comes a time in a mind’s winter years when the need to be assured of its vigor must be faced with gallantry instead of trepidation. If only to bolster confidence that Mr. Alzheimer is yet far albeit lurking in the distant horizon. A way to do that is by recalling decades before events and people in one’s… Read More »
As the title suggests unequivocally, this piece or any its part is not to level criticisms to either or both of the Philippine Senators as they take positions in the current China question. The academic perspective always seek if not lead to further illumine the issue. Senator Enrile cries treason. While Senator Trillanes claims to be only a… Read More »
Frustrated by the continued proliferation of jueteng in the Philippines, retired Arhbishop Oscar Cruz once said: “There are three things that are exempted in the President’s matuwid na daan: Jueteng, Hacienda Luisita and the KKK (kaklase, kaibigan, kabarilan).” President Aquino has yet to disprove his allegations. Hacienda Luisita, owned by the President’s relatives, continues to defy court orders… Read More »
Q. Dear Atty. Wong, I read your column in the Balita – Fil-Canadian Community Newspaper so, I took this opportunity to seek your views on a legal issue. I know that Philippine law has a ‘prescription period’ for legal cases. However, what I wanted to know is if it applies to ALL cases especially family law. Sometime 1999,… Read More »