Ang kagawasang gipakigbisogan, padayong panalipdan
Atty. Vincent S. Isles I was three years old when the EDSA Revolution happened, so I never really have a personal experience with it. I did not take up a political science degree in…
January 2018
This means war
This has been a crazy Monday. A client’s bail bid was not submitted for resolution today, with another hearing slated for next month. Meanwhile, he goes back to the provincial…
Loser Wednesdays
There are just days when events excite in you the doubt that you are in the wrong profession. That instead of lawyering for your clients, maybe you would be more…
Kolerang balaora, kolerang gwardiyaha
Nagkaon ko didtos pungko-pungko, tupad nako ang guard sa ambot asang buildinga diris duol. Basta guard gyod tos building, alangan man pog karsada ang gigwardyahan ato. Miorder kog Mountain Dew,…
Manifesto by the Cebu for Human Rights (C4HR)
Naay dugo ang atong mga kamot. (There is blood in our hands.) Samtang kita nagpakahilom, nagpaka buta-bongol sa mga panghitabo karon. (While we remain silent, blind and deaf to what…
Propaganda batok kamatuoran
Propaganda: 5 minutes ra makuha na ang plastic ID niadtong wa maisyuhi og plastic pagpa-renew nila. Kamatuoran: molinya kag balik kay picturan kag usab. Tanan gyod nga nagpa-renew, from Dec.…
Gen. Bato defending the indefensible
From my notes in Criminal Law 1: “The mistake must be without fault or carelessness on the part of the accused, otherwise the fault or carelessness would be the culpa…
The necessity of a mass media critical to the government
When you rejoice the fall of the voices critical of those in power, you are inviting those in power to continue stifling voices they don’t like. One day, they would…