After my column on “Rejuvenating Baguio” was published on Jan. 13, I received numerous pleas from the occupants of lots and condominium units and golf course proprietary members in Camp John Hay in Baguio, lamenting their ejection from the lots and condos and the dissolution of their playing rights at the golf course in the…
Comments long and short, wide and narrow, partisan and neutral on the indictment for the crime against humanity of mass murder, arrest in the Philippines, airlift via a chartered jet to, and detention in The Netherlands of former president Rodrigo R. Duterte had been essayed, broadcasted, debated, and gossiped ad nauseam. I think it is…
In Manalese v. Ferreras (Nov. 25, 2024, per J. Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, Third Division, 5-0), the Supreme Court stressed the hornbook doctrine that buyers must examine very well the property, item, or goods being sold; the relevant deeds of sale; and the original record of the titles of the property they are buying. IN…
Alberto “Bert” David Lina may have passed to the Eternal Kingdom, but his legacy of love for his family, for his work, and for God will pervade this eulogy (that I edited and abridged to fit my limited space here). LET ME BEGIN WITH HIS LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY. Bert loved his wife Sylvia endearingly,…
Pity the Supreme Court justices. Their clogged dockets are being crowded further by numerous new “transcendental” cases. Most, if not all, involve constitutionality issues that are elevated to the banc and invariably need time-consuming oral arguments. Several refer to “gravely abusive” acts of the Commission on Elections. Many others involve the constitutionality or validity of…