Dr Gupit Jr. is currently the chairman of the litigation department of Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc and De los Angeles (www.Romulo.com). He is also in legal education, having been a law dean, a law professor, and a bar reviewer. He is an author, having published numerous books, including one on public speaking. He was the President of the Philippine Association of Law Schools and the Philippine Association of Law Professors. Dr. Gupit Jr. was also the president of the Rotary Club of Manila in 1999-2000. The club is the first in Asia (established in 1919) and the largest in the Philippines (250 members at present) and for a long time the largest in Asia with 450 members. He has been included in “Who’s Who” since 1994. His biodata may be found in the Romulo website, but it is also attached here far more extensive detail.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
December 2, 2007
The Beginning. This is the start of what is hoped to be the beginning of a series of columns through the next months or years. It is an attempt to do something different and I hope that through the internet we can establish contact with people anywhere in the world. Writing is something that I like to do and, hopefully, reading it is something that people will like to do. Our aim is to produce light, readable and enjoyable reading. We hope you can look at it that way.
The Trillanes Revolt. The Hotel Peninsula caper of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV last Thursday, November 29, 2007, has occupied the headlines not only here in the Philippines and is certainly in world news. I call it a “caper” because there has been no realistic recognition that its objective to overturn the government will succeed.
Governor Panlilio. Panlilio. Governor Ed “Among” Panlilio was the focus of attention for some time after he reported to the media that he and other government officials called to Malacanang, the presidential palace, received half a million pesos each.It was given supposedly for barangay projects but he was not told where the money came from. This incident gave him a chance to speak his mind about public morality and good government concerns. When this writer was abroad, he was featured on Al Jazeera television. He spoke before the Rotary Club of Manila to a big crowd at the Manila Polo Club. He also gave inspirational speeches before two “ivy league” schools here, at the Ateneo University and at De La Salle University. Take his words to heart. His Ateneo speech is one click away.
Hillary Clinton. A few days ago, a man, supposedly with a bomb strapped around his waist, went to the campaign office of U.S presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire and held hostage her staffers for nearly six hours before he gave up. He demanded to see Hillary who was then in the Washington area to speak to her about mental health care. He appears to be mentally distraught. This is just five weeks before the New Hampshire primary. Both Hillary and Bill Clinton increased their security as a precaution. This kind of incident can happen again. What is the impact to her campaign is for the future to say.
Hotel Television. My wife and I were in Europe when political turmoils were happening around the world. Our local TV channels which we are used to watch daily are certainly not shown over hotel TV. So, our TV watching was confined to CNN, BBC and other channels. We missed our local TV fare, but its absence enabled us to concentrate on events happening in other countries, such as in Pakistan, Myanmar, Russia and other places.
Musharraf Shariff The drama in Pakistan, for instance, we followed every day. President Musharraf postposed the elections, declared an emergency that amounts to martial law. His fight was with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He did not want to step down as head of the army, as the Americans and a lot of Paskitanis wanted. Lawyers took to the streets. Many of them were arrested. Former prime minister Bezanir Bhutto stood as the leader of the opposition. It would seem to me that President Musharraf simply wants to stay in power and has been exerting a lot of effort to make sure that he does.
The Trillanes Revolt. The Hotel Peninsula caper of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV last Thursday, November 29, 2007, has occupied the headlines not only here in the Philippines and is certainly in world news. I call it a “caper” because there has been no realistic recognition that its objective to overturn the government will succeed.
Governor Panlilio. Panlilio. Governor Ed “Among” Panlilio was the focus of attention for some time after he reported to the media that he and other government officials called to Malacanang, the presidential palace, received half a million pesos each.It was given supposedly for barangay projects but he was not told where the money came from. This incident gave him a chance to speak his mind about public morality and good government concerns. When this writer was abroad, he was featured on Al Jazeera television. He spoke before the Rotary Club of Manila to a big crowd at the Manila Polo Club. He also gave inspirational speeches before two “ivy league” schools here, at the Ateneo University and at De La Salle University. Take his words to heart. His Ateneo speech is one click away.
Hillary Clinton. A few days ago, a man, supposedly with a bomb strapped around his waist, went to the campaign office of U.S presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Rochester, New Hampshire and held hostage her staffers for nearly six hours before he gave up. He demanded to see Hillary who was then in the Washington area to speak to her about mental health care. He appears to be mentally distraught. This is just five weeks before the New Hampshire primary. Both Hillary and Bill Clinton increased their security as a precaution. This kind of incident can happen again. What is the impact to her campaign is for the future to say.
Hotel Television. My wife and I were in Europe when political turmoils were happening around the world. Our local TV channels which we are used to watch daily are certainly not shown over hotel TV. So, our TV watching was confined to CNN, BBC and other channels. We missed our local TV fare, but its absence enabled us to concentrate on events happening in other countries, such as in Pakistan, Myanmar, Russia and other places.
Musharraf Shariff The drama in Pakistan, for instance, we followed every day. President Musharraf postposed the elections, declared an emergency that amounts to martial law. His fight was with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He did not want to step down as head of the army, as the Americans and a lot of Paskitanis wanted. Lawyers took to the streets. Many of them were arrested. Former prime minister Bezanir Bhutto stood as the leader of the opposition. It would seem to me that President Musharraf simply wants to stay in power and has been exerting a lot of effort to make sure that he does.
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