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...
Some said my paper on the art of public speaking was too soft. Some even wrote what they really wanted to say but couldn’t because they could be fired. Some of their sayings, dripping with sarcasm, are as follows: 1. Class He was accepted into an...
Cycle, a period of time within which a round of regularly recurring events is completed. Apocalypse, revelation, in Christian religion, it refers to the last book of the New Testament, describing the signs of the end of the world (for some it is rapture.) Most...
About 3 billion people worldwide saw the July 24 Paris Olympic opening program. As usual, the Olympic host nation tries to outdo the pageantries of the past Olympics. France wanted to show that it is ahead when it comes to art and culture. Part of...
A bright boy from the highlands stayed in a city as a working college student; sometimes he gets confused reading/listening to medical terms. Bacteria – backdoor to cafeteria Benign – what you be after you be eight Section – a neighborhood in Rome where Julius...
You are asked to speak to a crowd because they think you have a solid message to give. Your first reaction is “Wow! I am good. They invited me as a lecturer and will give me an honorarium (cash).” Before your overblown and self-inflicted pride...
All opera composers are men. Their perception of women as weak, naïve, and inferior is evident in many of their works. For example, the aria “La donna è mobile” (Women are fickle) in Giuseppe Verdi’s opera *Rigoletto* is very popular. George Bizet’s opera *Carmen* portrays...