RENE SAGUISAG
LAST Tuesday night came this sad text: “Justice Bernardo P. Fernandez passed away at 5:30 this afternoon…The family requests prayers for the repose of his soul…” Wake in Arlington, Araneta Avenue, Q.C. Prof. Bernie was my brilliant teacher, of the kind “who affects eternity.” He was a decade ahead of us at San Beda, Class 1953, No. 5 in the bar, from whom we learned a lot. Thank you, Bernie, for your lessons, suffused occasionally with witty unforgettable mischief. A legend, he would have an orgasmic mien when the entire class, asked a tough question, would all get 5s (same with Justice Dick Puno, to whom we are equally more grateful than we can say).