http://blog.joepallugna.com Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:13:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cagayan de Oro City is a microcosm of the entire Philippine archipelago in terms of entry of foreigners for varied purposes. As we walk just around the city, from the malls to markets, to piers and the airport, the beaches and the bars, even in downtown Divisoria, we see a lot ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/cagayan-de-oro/treating-foreigners-fairly.html The recent controversy on the issue of legalizing abortion in the Philippines brings back to memory the historic case in the United States of Roe vs. Wade, thus the title of this article. The exact case is Jane Roe vs. Henry Wade. Jane Roe was only a name appended to the ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/philosophy/roe-vs-wade.html The accident last week involving Kagawad Aldrin Bacal which resulted to the death of a 14-year old boy would have been an ordinary accident that occur everyday all over the country. What made the accident sensational in the news was because Bacal is a public official being a councilor of Cagayan ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/in-defense-of-bacal.html I am making here a scenario of sorts. I am looking not at the scenario of the expected elections to replace the vacant position of Cong. Danilo Lagbas of the first congressional district of Misamis Oriental. I am looking at the elections in 2010 because I personally believe that there is never ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/the-possibilities.html Last Sunday’s title fight of Manny Pacquiao against Dangerous David Diaz was more entertaining and credible compared to Pacquiao’s last fight against Marquez. Like the Triple-D that Diaz wore on his shirt prior to the fight, the win of Pacquiao this time was a Triple-D --- decisive, deadly, and determined. Like the ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/fred-pfahl%e2%80%99s-knock-out.html The death of my friend Rep. Danilo Lagbas of the first congressional district of Misamis Oriental left a void in the people’s representation in the House of Representatives. The void also left a vacancy that created a frenzy among wannabes to assume the vacated post. Many really believed wrongly that a ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/an-impossible-special-election.html In very rare moments in my life as a lawyer and as a human being, I never almost go to funerals. The reason is simple. I cherish more the lives of people I associate with than spare moments of grief when my friends come to pass or die. But these rare moments had ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/the-21-gun-salute.html Of all the numerous comments I received every time I have a column, one of the most personal in recent weeks is the reaction of Tisa Rodriguez on my column regarding the hilarious story of policemen acting as teachers in Metro Manila schools. I find that program hilarious and funny, to ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/tisa-speaks.html I am not bent here on criticizing the police. My brother-in-law, Rex Acabado is a police superintendent. Doy Trampe is a police senior superintendent and a classmate in law school while Superintendent Tony Montalba is a longtime friend. In fact, I have a long list of policemen who are my fraternity ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/a-hilarious-police-project.html Kag. Ian Mark Nacaya was a treasure-trove of ideas when he was my guest in my weekly tv program at COC-Tv Chanel 39 last week. His position as chairman of the city council of Cagayan de Oro’s committee on public transportation and the committee on police, fire and public safety certainly ... http://blog.joepallugna.com/commentaries/kagawad-nacaya-and-the-drivers.html