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Dick Gordon, you are not Batman

[April 8, 2009] Anyone who has spent any amount of time around Senator Richard Gordon knows four basic facts about him: 1. That he was the youngest delegate to the 1971 Constitutional Convention. 2. That his father was assassinated, and that he eventually nailed the guy who did it. 3. That he is an Upsilonian, (just like his [...]

Fighting Spirit Award

[March 26, 2008] “If it will be down to hand-to-hand combat, why not?” –AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon, Jr. on the defense of the Kalayaan Island Group Meaning no disrespect to the Filipino soldier, probably among the hardiest and fiercest warriors that any fighting force in the world can muster, but this will never happen. [...]