If money is paid out for it, does it mean it really happened? That seems to be the current thinking, especially in this age of deniers and revisionists, with people believing that if you deny or doubt something often enough, the public will start questioning even their own memories or the historical record.
I WRITE to bring to the attention of concerned authorities two issues of common interest to LGU employees. The first has to do with Executive Order 900 (Adopting the Second Tranche of the Modified Salary Schedule [MSS] of Civilian Personnel and Base Pay Schedule of Military and Uniformed Personnel in the Philippines), particularly Item 4. [...]
THE PERFECT is the enemy of the good. Nowhere is that truism beloved of motivational speakers more true than in legal cases, where the dispute resolution mechanism of the law allows litigants and their supporters to use maximalist, either-or language, but the outcome is often a disappointing compromise dictated by the available evidence. Case in [...]
