Category Archives: The Judge is in

Some have said my article on public speaking was too soft. While humor can be engaging, sarcasm often does more harm than good, even with a captive audience. Consider these remarks: He was accepted into an exclusive club—but only because they needed someone to snub. He...

FAITH. In 2024, the Vatican made three (3) announcements regarding the Philippine Church. 1. The creation of the 87th diocese of Prosperidad, Agusan Del Sur. 2. CBCP President Bishop David became a cardinal. 3. Pope Francis sent a papal congratulatory message to the Archdiocese of...

In the 1990s, my sala was the first Davao City Regional Trial Court to examine DNA evidence to prove the relationship between two (2) persons. A Japanese husband filed a case to annul his marriage to a Filipina. The husband attached voluminous DNA documents from...

Christmas giving, as explained by Portia in Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice," highlights the nature of mercy and kindness. "The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth like a gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath, it is twice blessed, it blessed...

A checklist will help in preparing for the Christmas office party. Do we have the money? If yes, agree now on the date. If not, it means the employees will give cash. This might spoil the Christmas spirit because the Christmas bonus goes back to...

A cycle is a period within which a sequence of regularly recurring events completes itself. “Apocalypse” is a Greek term meaning “disclosure” or “revelation”; in Christian theology, it refers to the last book of the New Testament, which describes the signs of the end of...