Here we go again

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is not done yet. Contrary to what she told the military during her farewell address, Arroyo is not just ready to fade away. After nine long years of near tyrannical power in Malacanang, this lady wants more. It became obvious a few years before she was to bow out of the presidency when she did… Read More »

Property Search

Q. Hello, atty., once again I am seeking your advice re: parents’ property. I went home recently and found out that one of the properties of our parents has no cadastral number . Our problem is the barrio where the property is located but we can’t definitely locate the exact or the proximate spot of this property .… Read More »

Aquino needs to do more to stop killings

President Benigno S. Aquino III has to do more than vow to go after the perpetrators of the latest spate of political killings in the Philippines. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo also vowed to go after the killers, but beyond forming Task Force Usig in the military, not one political murder was solved during her nine years of tenure.  … Read More »

CHILD’S WISHES AND PARENTAL ALIENATION

A teenage son has his way with his father, who is separated from his mother.  The father lavishes the son with material things like an X-Box, BlackBerry and Ipod, expensive clothes and sporting equipment.  When together, father and son spend time playing tennis, roller skating and bicycling.    What child does not want to live with a parent… Read More »

CHILD’S WISHES AND PARENTAL ALIENATION

A teenage son has his way with his father, who is separated from his mother. The father lavishes the son with material things like an X-Box, BlackBerry and Ipod, expensive clothes and sporting equipment. When together, father and son spend time playing tennis, roller skating and bicycling. What child does not want to live with a parent who… Read More »

The problem of having too much or too little

My nephew and his wife had lunch with me and my sister the other day. They helped my sister with some chores. It was not a planned visit and I did not have anything special to serve. I heated the left-over “arroz caldo” that we had for supper the night before and pulled out some “dim sum” from… Read More »

TRIBUTE TO A FATHER

One of the greatest gifts a man can have in his entire life is his father. He is the mentor, the provider, and most of all, a friend who will understand and be there to support us at all times whether we are right or wrong.                                                                                                                                       AVV610               Lucky are those who have their dad… Read More »

The Professional Pickpocket

He was small of built, thin to a point of near emaciation, long bony-faced and with long fragile arms.  His hands with long tapering fingers ideal for playing piano were too big for his small delicate frame.  His coarse tousled hair, burnt complexion, bulging eye, thin aquiline nose, lobed ears, and bushy eyebrows with two ogling eyes underneath… Read More »