Naturally, as a judge for close to 15 years hearing cases almost daily, I should know a thing or two about witnesses. Most of them come to court hesitant and afraid and speak with a timorous voice,…
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma challenged members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) – Cebu to stay true to the practice of truthful and objective reporting and to do away with spreading unverified reports. In…
Tabal vows to deliver best performance in Sea Games marathon She won silver in 2015. Two tough and testy years later, Cebuana Olympian Mary Joy Tabal is raring to turn that silver into gold and prove that…
Truth be told, in this age of Duterte where extrajudicial killings of drug suspects are rampant and fast becoming commonplace, there’s very little sympathy for escaped inmate Marvin Gimpeso. Gimpeso, who escaped the Cebu City Jail because…
On the plane back to Cebu after attending a public service outreach in Iloilo City back in May, I learned from Chancellor Liza Corro of University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu that Amina Rasul-Bernardo will be our…
Detained Senator Leila de Lima yesterday said that it is now just a matter of time before “the truth” in connection with the spate of killings in the country comes out amid reports from local and international…
Ang simpling taho: Senate committees on justice and human rights report no state-sponsored killings. Expected reaction 01: Ang kusog mobasol sa kagamhanan sa mga patay nga nahitabo mopiyaet og moingong midapig sa gobyerno ang gahimo sa report.…
Before all else, there was chaos. Before titans, demigods, before even the Gods themselves. Chaos was already there. The course of life, and civilization, is therefore the travel of man away from chaos to order. These are…
As a judge, I have heard thousands of witnesses. Most of them would fall under the category, “heard one, heard them all.” After all, only one of two things happens – either the witness is telling the…
