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Monday of Holy Week
CHRISTIANS around the world will ponder the passion and death of Jesus during Holy Week, with the readings used in today’s worship setting the stage for the drama of the Passover.
Electoral reforms
RETIRED Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. has submitted his recommendations to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on electoral reforms. The comprehensive report deals not only with the operations of the Commission on Elections but also covers possible amendments to the Constitution and proposed congressional amendments to the Omnibus Election Code. It also proposes executive initiatives to improve public awareness about their role in bringing about credible and meaningful elections.
‘Don Panyong’
Don is defined as (1) Mafia top man, (2) Spanish-gentleman or aristocrat, (3) archaic form of man of importance.
Thailand & RP
ON the matter of people withholding their votes, there is a striking parallel between our people’s initiative signature campaign and the just-concluded Thai parliamentary elections.
Commemorating Maulidin Nabi
THE Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the prophet of Islam, is one of the most influential personalities in the history of humankind. More than one-fifth of the world’s population follows his teachings and the Quran, which was revealed to him by Allah.
Intramuros Administration 27th Anniversary
CREATED by Presidential Decree No. 1616 issued on April 10, 1979, the Intramuros Administration was mandated to preserve historic Intramuros and make it a show window for our country and people’s history and culture.
Punctuality Week
PUNCTUALITY is the trait of being on time – in meeting others, in attending occasions, in doing one’s work. It connotes cooperation, consideration, tolerance, promptness, readiness, responsibility, kindness, and respect.
Assessing current RP-China relations
EVERY now and then one gets invitations to various convocations and forums that discuss and evaluate issues and affairs. Some timely, others anachronistic.
Money for plebiscite
SENATORS and militants launch new resign movement. GMA is being nailed to the cross again. Jesus was luckier because He was crucified only once.
The anointing at Bethany
IX days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for Him there, and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with Him. Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Then Judas the Iscariot, one [of] His disciples, and the one who would betray Him, said, "Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days wages and given to the poor?" He said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and held the money bag and used to steal the contributions. So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial. You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."
Strategic objective: Responsible citizenship
EACH time we look at our national situation, we come face to face with the obvious paradox: We have so many good individuals, and yet we seem unable to pull together, to get our act together in making our country progress fast.
Ordeals of a lawyer
I JOIN the complaint written by a reader in the opinion page of a local broadsheet (not this) with the heading: "Manner of Bar Exam Result Release Undignified. The reader complained that about 5,000 examinees who had paid an average of R2,500 each as the examination fee were treated like dogs scrambling and squabbling just to be able to peek at the result of the exam posted outside the Court of Appeals. The complainant asked if the Judicial and Bar Council would take the responsibility in case a stampede happens during the release of the Bar results and wondered why the result couldn’t be released using the high-tech electronic means with all the fees received by the Supreme Court. With years of study, six months of review, and four Sundays of exams. As the reader said, "Let us remember that at least a third of these examinees will be the new lawyers of this country."
‘Dangerously unclear’
CBCP warns against moves to speedily push Charter change or Cha-cha.
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