Monthly Archives: March 2007

Election Fever, Posters Everywhere

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

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

Posted in Politics & Society

2007 Judicial Excellence Awards: Nominations Extended

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

(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 and the reasons for the nomination on or before April 15, 2007.

The categories are: Regional Trial Court Judges; Metropolitan Trial Court/ Municipal Trial Court in Cities/ Municipal Circuit Trial Court/ Municipal Trial Court Judges and Sharia Circuit Trial Court Judges; Clerks of Court (First-and Second-Level Courts) and Branch Clerks of Court (First-and Second-Level Courts).

All nominations should be addressed to the Permanent Secretariat, Society for Judicial Excellence, 3rd Floor, Old Session Hall Extension Room, Supreme Court Old Building, Padre Faura Street, Manila, with Telefax No. (02) 523-1301 and Mobile No. 0918-9307585 or through e-mail at judicialexcellence.sec@gmail.com.

The Awards Ceremonies will be held on September 19 at the SC.

Posted in Legal Misc

Wanted: Legal Associate

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 8 Comments

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.

Posted in Legal Misc

Old kids on the (law school) Block

Posted on March 23, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 2 Comments

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, B, C and E. Block E is for evening students, all of whom are working students. Just in case you’re wondering, blocks A, B and C don’t represent anything like “E” for “evening”. Read more »

Posted in Life

Waiting for the 2006 bar results; no, not this week

Posted on March 21, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 35 Comments

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. Read more »

Posted in Bar Exams

Cebu Pacific: The “on time, great value airline”

Posted on March 20, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 1 Comment

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. Read more »

Posted in On the Road

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Why keep voters poor and illiterate

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

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)

Posted in Politics & Society

The Philippine blogging scene: iBlog3 and 2007 Blog Awards

Posted on March 15, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 5 Comments

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. Read more »

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Driving Therapy: Going Away from the City

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Atty. Fred| Leave a comment

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. Read more »

Posted in Life, On the Road

Election Chicken or Egg

Posted on March 1, 2007 by Atty. Fred| 2 Comments

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 to ward off boredom. Perhaps I won’t get to ride the rapids, after all, as this is a business trip.

Maybe I should just talk of this country’s favorite pasttime – elections. Read more »

Posted in Politics & Society