Atty. Arturo D. Brion, LL.B., LL.M.

High school memories and the Matatag curriculum

August 24, 2023 8:03 pm

When I reflect on my high school years, gratitude is the first thought that comes to mind, for the unique lessons and experiences that served me well throughout my life.  High school coincides with the transition from boyhood to manhood, from the years under parental care and carefree play, to the years of independence and responsibility. Intellectually, these are the formative years when the mind is slowly stretched and shaped by lessons in literacy, numeracy, spirituality, and discipline, that would further be honed and expanded during college and later years. I thank the Jesuits for the lasting lessons they provided in these formative years under their unique ratio studiorum system of teaching and studies.  

Law school experiences in turbulent times

August 17, 2023 4:17 pm

With the school opening this August, freshmen law students would experience law school for the first time in their lives.  This event should be as exciting and heady for them as it had been for me in 1970, or 53 years ago. Excitement, in my case, started on the first day of class and lasted throughout law school:  the demands of law studies, then as now, have always been high and exciting, more so when compounded by the novelty of the turbulence that gripped the nation then. 

Preparing for contingencies

August 10, 2023 4:00 pm

The efforts of the PBBM administration – in this time of peace – to prepare our country for defensive measures we may need if our circumstances change, are very commendable and should receive the people’s fullest support. The primary duty to help our nation lies with us – the people, not with anybody else despite defense agreements we have in place.  In appreciating and acting on this duty, the PBBM administration can neither be wrong nor alarmist; it is only taking steps under our present circumstances to protect our interests. 

Covid, nationalism, and history

August 03, 2023 4:00 pm

My title might look strange to some readers as my listed subjects, on first reading, do not relate to one another. What brings them together, in my own mind, is causality – one subject, once started, unfailingly leads to another, until all three are wrapped up as one understandable whole.

PBBM, the SONA, and nation building

July 27, 2023 9:22 pm