Biblical precepts on parenthood
When meeting people for the first time, they often ask me if I am a teacher. I say that I am a lawyer but I also teach. I cannot remember a time in my life when I wasn’t teaching. My first memory of ever being in a classroom type of environment was when my mother… Continue reading I am a teacher
Before tropical storm Pedring pounded and bombarded Bulacan into submission, we still had electricity and we were watching the news on TV. Â There was an item in the news about the passage of House Bill 4455 after the third reading. Â House Bill 4455 is an act promoting positive and non-violent discipline in lieu of corporal… Continue reading Spanking, new crime?
I was a new lawyer in 1995 when our office was retained to defend an 11 year old boy who was accused of having committed acts of lasciviousness against a 6 year old girl.  The incident happened during a brownout.  The boy accompanied his  mother who was ironing their clothes at the house of the… Continue reading Juvenile justice or justice for juveniles?
Yesterday, my children and I were together in a cab coming home from Project 8. Â On Congressional Avenue, as we were nearing EDSA, at the stop light near the Shell gas station and the road that leads to Bago Bantay, our cab occupied the left-turn lane even though we were going straight. Â And even though… Continue reading Of defining moments and petals unfolding….
Yesterday, there was a heavy downpour after lunch. Â It was quite sudden here in Meycauayan. Â One minute the sun was so hot and the air so humid, the next minute, cool air suddenly wafted, the sky became overcast and heavy rain poured for 30 minutes. My daughter left school when the sun was still shining.… Continue reading When it rains it pours?