Mabini Hall

Finally we realize the folly of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) project—the stated objective of preparing the youth ages 15-18 for political consciousness, social awareness and civic involvement by setting up a special electoral process for them to organize and make their voices heard. Sixteen years after the Local Government Code of 1991, traditional politics has […]

We live as if we live forever. It takes a death for us to face up to what is essential; in my case, three. I go personal on this essay.
Nat was our corps commander in high school – tall, respected, dedicated and armed with a booming voice. He went under the knife a few months […]

Another bomb, another scam. Instability is as instability goes; we don’t need to complicate our lives by giving in to greed or stupidity. This assumes that we are aware of our greed or ignorant in the first place. But how can we be not in the aftermath of PIPC and Francswiss?

Our justice system continues to be under fire. Delays and corruption are not funny lawyer jokes—they are dead serious, people are dying. What lies in the heart of it all is the writing of decisions. Our Constitution requires each decision to give the material facts and to clearly explain the reason and basis for a […]

In the land of equality, liberty and fraternity, I find the strangest thing—face control. Don’t ask me what it is for, I will explain quickly and as painlessly as possible. In certain places in Paris, notably in bars and party places, there are gatekeepers—bouncers in our parlance—who allow people in or exclude them not based […]