More than 365 days have passed since the March 22, 2020 lockdown. We have had time to think about the things we did and did not do but should have done. COVID-19 has jolted me. I have more time to read Bible passages and watch TV,...
Oratio and Imperata are more than 2,000-year-old Latin words. Oratio is the source of the English word oration -- a formal speech given in a special/ceremonial occasion. Today, it relates to church prayers. Imperata relates to empire (Roman — imperial, emperor, imperium — suggesting awesome...
On Monday, May 17, 2021, senior citizens nationwide rose as one and met in designated places to confront and destroy the world’s worst danger. The battle began earlier with the vaccine jabbings of the frontliners - police, military, health and hospital workers. This started the...
I was a judge from 1985 to 2006. In the early 1990s, a young man asked if I can solemnize his marriage at the Davao General Hospital (now the Southern Philippines Medical Center). He said his sick wife who was pregnant pleaded that they should...
Last, December 2019 and January 2020, all newspapers, magazines, radio/TV stations, philosophers, thinkers, made their usual yearly guesses, forecasts analysis together with fortune tellers, card/tarot readers, crystal/skies gazers, sorcerers, soothsayers, clairvoyants, palm readers and others. All missed the impact of COVID-19 which as early as...
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...
We take for granted the healing power of water. Consumer Reports are concerned about this because the human body is 60% water. It’s the main ingredient of our blood which keeps our brain, heart, kidney another organs functioning. Generally, men need sixteen (16) 8 ounces glasses...
Ego maniac narcissistic Trump repeatedly said: 1) He is the greatest American President. 2) the only non-racist President; 3) the President most friendly to minorities. 4) He does not rely so much on his advisers because he learns more from TV especially Fox News. Unfortunately,...
Laws Specify the following obligations of the landlord: A. The landlord is obliged at all times during the tenancy: 1.) To comply with all applicable building, housing, or health codes, or 2.) In the absence of codes, to maintain all structural components (e.g. roofs, windows, floors, exterior walls,...
Part 4 Plan of Care A nursing home must assess a new patient within 14 days of admission. Assessments must be redone once a year after that or when any significant change in the patient’s health occurs. After an assessment, a plan of care must be developed...