Homage to the Acacia trees

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 01/14/2022

The acacia trees of the academic oval are silent witnesses to the travails of the denizens of the Diliman campus of the University of the Philippines. As a homage to my second home for a decade, I…

The legacy of UP Law Dean Merlin Magallona

ATTY. DENNIS R. GORECHO 01/04/2022

The legal profession  lost one of  its Filipino luminaries in the field of international law, as former UP College of Law Dean Merlin Magallona passed away in his sleep on the evening of  New Year’s Day, January 1, 2022. He…

Lantern parade of hope and love

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 01/01/2022

I celebrated my birthday last December 21 by joining the “People’s Lantern Parade” which is an informal lantern parade at the Diliman campus of University of the Philippines (UP). The two hour parade, which lasted until six…

To teach law in the grand manner

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/31/2021

As freshies in 1992  at the University of the Philippines College of Law (UPLaw), the imposing words of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. welcomed us to Malcolm Hall: “The business of a law school is not sufficiently…

An evening with Chito Gascon, Voltes V and human rights

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/14/2021

International Human Rights Day in the Philippines was celebrated this year in the Philippines without the presence of human rights icon Chito Gascon. December 10 each year is known as Human Rights Day, the very day when,…

The tooth shall set you free 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 12/07/2021

“The Tooth Shall Set You Free” is  a variation of the biblical quote “The truth will set you free” that became the mantra of senatorial candidate Atty. Chel Diokno. “Vēritās vōs līberābit” in Latin, it is a…

Katutubo sa Senado

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 11/23/2021

Macli-ing Dulag is among the most well known of the many victims of Martial law under then president Ferdinand Marcos. Macli-ing was a pangat (leader) of the Butbut tribe of Kalinga who opposed the government plan of…

The superpowers of Choc Nut 

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 11/02/2021

To be or nut to be, Choc Nut is the answer. Eating Choc Nut usually brings back childhood memories since many Filipinos grew up eating this chocolate-peanut candy. We enjoy every bite with Choc Nut’s unique and…

KUWENTONG PEYUPS: Lean Alejandro and UP student activism

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 09/15/2021

“The struggle for freedom is the next best thing to actually being free,” said the late UP student leader Leandro Alejandro. Popularly known as Lean, he was a student leader and later a key figure in the…

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