A few days ago, the country was faced with the prospect of nine-year-old children in conflict wiith the law (child criminals, loosely speaking) spending years in jail, for crimes committed under special penal laws and the Revised Penal Code, thanks to the new bill being finalized and debated on by the House of Representatives amending […]
Read on some important things to consider before investing on a condominium unit. For those of us who are urban dwellers and who thrive best in bustling cities, the prospect of living close to where we work is too exciting to ignore. It doesn’t only save us on travel time and transportation costs, we can also […]
“…[B]ut if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.” [1] Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes The video of a Quezon City school saltutatorian’s speech […]
“Must a name mean something?” Alice asked doubtfully.Of course it must,” Humpty Dumpty said with a short laugh; “my name means the shape I am – and a good handsome shape it is, too. With a name like yours, you might be any shape, almost.” Lewis Carroll So what’s in a name? I know William Shakespeare, philosophers and […]
Know about the privileges that our grandparents can now avail of in the Philippines. Grandparents are like angels on earth I grew up with very fond memories of my own grandparents—how they would always indulge my every toy or food wish, the way they showed me how fun it was to live alongside farm animals, the […]