Just a few minutes ago, the campaign period for local positions OFFICIALLY started.

(From the SC website): The Supreme Court, through the Society for Judicial Excellence, extended to April 15 the original March 31 deadline for the nominations to the 2007 Search for Outstanding Judges and Clerks of Court. The general public is encouraged to keep sending in their nominees for the different awards with their corresponding resumés [...]

JLP Law is in need of an Associate. He/She will primarily handle one of the corporate clients based in Makati City. Please send your resume, with cover letter and transcript of grades, to this address or through email.

I met a law school blockmate while at a Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) hearing this morning. As you may have guessed, a “blockmate” is a classmate that’s in the same “block”, or something called “section” (remember Atis, Venus or Diamond in high school?), that you’re in. In UP-Law, hopefuls are herded into Blocks A, [...]

I was pleasantly surprised to see an increase of comments in the previous post on waiting for the 2006 bar results to be released. I guess this is because of the persistent “rumor” that the bar results will be released tomorrow, 22 March 2007. This, of course, adds to the agony of waiting.

I used to travel by PAL. I still have unclaimed Mabuhay Miles credits for a couple of free round-trip domestic tickets. The delays, however, made me shift to Cebu Pacific, with its “on time, great value” tagline.

Where people are hungry and illiterate, votes are sold directly or indirectly. The nation becomes captive to politicians who have to respond to those supplying money to buy the votes. Democracy comes naturally when people are educated and income levels rise.” – Washington SyCip, keynote address during the Asian Business Conference (PDI, 3-19-07)

The flurry of events in the Philipine blogging scene could very well reflect the steady growth of blogging, not only in the local scene, but also worldwide.

Getting up early in the morning for an out-of-town hearing is something to look forward to (not the getting-up-real-early part, but the thought the out-of-town trip). It’s always a welcome therapy.

Here’s the beauty of waiting for a flight: free time to update a blog. In our current state of affairs where domestic flights are usually delayed, we have to find a venue to vent off frustration and anger. Perhaps blogging is a good outlet. Perhaps the thought of Cagayan de Oro’s white-water rapids is enough [...]