by: attybenji
The good news is – Filipina hostage Mary Jane Lacaba was rescued and recovered alive from the kidnappers (April 2, 2009). Some reports alleged that she was handed-over formally by the captors to the negotiators, not rescued, upon payment of ransom!
The bad news is – the Swiss Andreas Notter and Italian Eugenio Vagni are [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Atty. Benji's Column’
April 6, 2009
Kidnapped ICRC Workers: Good News And Bad News
August 21, 2008
THE ELUSIVE JUSTICE AFTER 25 YEARS!
August 21, 2008 at 2:55 pm ·
Or, the Prepared Speech That Was Never Read.
By attybenji
Ninoy Aquino said, “The Filipino is worth dying for.”
In retrospect, Twenty Five (25) years after Ninoy Aquino’s death, only his murderer, the alleged hired killer, Rolando Galman (RIP) and the other alleged conspirators, (mostly members of the defunct AVSECOM-MIA), now [...]
May 22, 2008
A CALL FOR MORAL REVOLUTION?
Or, A Change Must Come From Within!
by: atty. benji
“Watch your thoughts, they become words;
Watch your words, they become actions;
Watch your actions, they become habits;
Watch your habits, they become character;
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
-Anonymous-
Ours is a nation (or a town, province) gravely afflicted with interlocking diseases of poverty, passivity, cheating, graft and corruption, [...]
May 19, 2008
HONOR THY FATHER & THY MOTHER!
Or, Belated Happy Mother’s Day.
by : attybenji
Honor thy Father and thy Mother – is the best and everlasting presents that child can give to the his/her parents, specially the mother (free of charge), when we all celebrated the MOTHER’s DAY a week ago – though the message is a little bit late, but it does’nt [...]
May 12, 2008
THERE’S NO FAILURE, ONLY SUCCESS DELAYED!
“I have persevered against difficulties,
I rose up against defeats &,
I conquered the failures of the past”.
by atty. benji
A billboard in one of the sweepstakes ticket outlets in Quiapo, reads “A quitter never wins; a winner never quits”. Of course, if you quit or stop dreaming you will never win in any contest, challenge or any [...]
May 12, 2008
A DEGREE IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER!
(You can be Billionaire even if you are School Drop outs)
By atty. benji
A bachelor degree is just a piece of paper. (e.g. PHD stands for Permanent Head Damage, just kidding) It is not the degree that makes the man. It is man who makes himself.
“You can be a millionaire or billionaire even if you are [...]
April 28, 2008
Who Is To Be Blamed For Poverty In The Philippines?
By: Atty. Benji
(this article is partly a response of atty benji to our discussion Corruption Is Just A Tip Of The Iceberg…)
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) has bared the facts regarding poverty in the Philippines:
“1 out of every 3 Filipinos is poor.”
Mr. Neil Cruz of the Philippine Daily Inquirer has pointed out in his [...]
April 21, 2008
TAGABULANS TO FIGHT POVERTY
(or Free Bulan from the Bondage of Poverty)
by: atty benji
Origins of Poverty:
Historically speaking, when man came on earth he did not live in a society or hierarchy nor was he endowed with poverty. Good health, longevity, natural cheerfulness were his own even as he found himself amidst plenty.
Ending Poverty:
That poverty can be eliminated through higher [...]
April 19, 2008
Cooperation and Unity Among The tagaBulans
by: atty benji
My heartfelt thanks and sincerest appreciations to you mr. Jun A!
I’m humbled by such feed back, and interest of the Bulan readers to this blog!
Maybe someday, or in the years to come, the town of Bulan will step forward as a progressive & first class municipality in the country thru the initiative of [...]
April 18, 2008
BADIL – versus – TABIL”, Which is the Mightier?
by: atty benji
Some say – The GUN is Mightier than the PEN:
In the past, &/or until the present time, the media practitioners (print & broadcast) such as, journalists, newspapermen & radio-tv reporters/broadcasters, in the country have been the subject of “salvaging” (a police lingo – for “summary execution”) & other forms of extra-judicial killings for [...]
April 16, 2008
The CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM in the Country:
- dysfunctional system, or effective crime deterrent?
By: atty benji
In Bulan, or in Sorsogon, in particular, do you think criminal justice system is OK?
How about the police? The Prosecutor? The Court? And the Jail or Correctional?
I would recall a year ago during the debate re, abolition of the death penalty law in the country, President Gloria [...]
April 16, 2008
WHY I LIVE IN THE PHILIPPINES? – or IN BULAN IN PARTICULAR?
By: atty benji
While I live in the Philippines? or in Bulan? My answer is simple because “Ito ang aking lupang sinilangan. Ito rin ang tahanan ng aking lahi”, (Panatang Makabayan, he-he-he-he).
But there are Filipinos who make fun of living in the country, “the Philippines”. Though, I don’t claim originality of this, for the simple reason [...]
April 11, 2008
POLITICAL DYNASTIES IN LOCAL POLITICS- A Lucrative Family Business?
By: Atty. Benji
Section 26 of Article II of the 1987 Constitution reads “the State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service, and prohibit “Political Dynasties” as maybe defined by Law”. Apparently, the enabling law that will define the parameters of the term “political dynasty” has been languishing in the archives of the House [...]
April 9, 2008
A MESSAGE TO ALL OF US FILIPINOS, says the Korean!
by attybenji
April 9, 2008 at 9:33 am
mr. rudyb.… it’s nice that you have had an unforgettable recollection and memories of martial law years in San Ramon. I guess you were referring to the mountain in sitio Kabangkalan or Talistison, a terrain overlooking the NIA dam, and the terrain in Parik, a border separating San [...]
April 7, 2008
MAY PAG-ASA ANG BULAN – by attybenji
April 7, 2008 at 12:59 pm · Edit
mr. rudyb:
good day!
You’re a great man! Your insights and suggestions in the article “future of bulan” are provocative and informative too. Though, it is a bit radical, but it is also comical on the other hand…. But, seriously speaking, I would say that your proposition, or suggestion [...]
April 5, 2008
A Message To The Youth Of Bulan – by attybenji
(I’m posting here a very informative comment by mr. attybenji. This is an article in itself so I place this to the front for everybody to see and read. jun asuncion )
April 5, 2008 at 5:28 pm ·
To: Mr. Jun A:
…Good day and my warmest greetings!
Definitely-Maybe, the term “corruption” has been abused, corrupted and over-used [...]
