Justices not for sale
MY best sources tell me that Sen. Grace Poe Llamanzares’ unnamed principal funder has been told there is no way the majority of the 15 Supreme Court justices could be “bought” to declare her a natural-born citizen, who has been living in the country for not less than ten years before the May 9 election, and therefore eligible to run for President. This means that the Commission on Elections en banc ruling disqualifying her as a presidential candidate and canceling her certificate of candidacy will ultimately run. But instead of hurling himself against a speeding vehicle as some despondent billionaires did at the… Read more »
It is President Benigno S. Aquino’s criminal negligence that resulted in 44 police commandos massacred; that should convince us never, never again to have such kind of yellow leadership, especially that of a haciendero scion.
It is the criminal mismanagement by his candidate, Manuel Roxas 2nd, of the main mass transport system of Metro Manila that has made the MRT-3 a daily hell for hundreds of thousands… Read more »
High Court upholds EDCA
THE Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of the controversial Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) signed between the Philippines and the United States, finally putting to rest all questions on the legality of the accord. Voting 10-4, the … Read more »
Accord to enhance Philippines defense – Palace
A Supreme Court (SC) ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) will enhance the country’s defense posturing and disaster preparedness by leaps and bounds, according to Malacañang. Palace Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. on Tuesday said … Read more »
SC affirms Poe ruling
The Supreme Court (SC) en banc has affirmed the temporary restraining order (TRO) earlier issued by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno stopping the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from enforcing its ruling disqualifying Sen. Grace Poe from the presidential race. Voting … Read more »
Warring Bautista, Guanzon bury hatchet
AFTER four days of washing their dirty linen in public, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista and Commissioner Rowena Guanzon kissed and made up, thanks to the intervention of other commission officials. The bitter exchange of barbs ended after … Read more »
Marcos vows govt support for Culture and Arts
SENATOR Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vowed to promote the country’s culture and arts by institutionalizing strong government support to the sector if he wins the vice presidential race this year. Marcos on Tuesday said he believes that government support for … Read more »
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Editorial
A Mamasapano accounting is long overdue
THE reaction of President BS Aquino 3rd and his ruling Liberal Party to the calls for the reopening of the Senate investigation into last year’s tragic Mamasapano Massacre is reprehensible and smacks of a criminal obstruction of justice. The Administration has already succeeded in stifling a proper investigation and accounting for the tragedy... Read more »
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Fast Times
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Nation
Pass BBL before Aquino’s term ends, Palace insists
Malacañang on Tuesday insisted that the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) should be passed within President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s term, rejecting calls to leave the job to the next administration. Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the Aquino Administration will … Read more »
Aquino to skip massacre probe
PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino 3rd may not be forced to attend but he will not bar any official of his Cabinet from appearing before any congressional probe on the year-old Mamasapano massacre, according to Palace Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. In … Read more »
Robredo: Higher ratings when poll campaign starts
Administration vice presidential bet and Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo on Tuesday said she is optimistic that her ratings will climb when the official campaign period starts and she is seen with standard-bearer Manuel Roxas 2nd more often. “Most probably … Read more »
Trade dept. to spend P10M in SUA probe
We will make each day count! This is the brave and confident statement of Adrian Cristobal, the new secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), despite having only six months as head of the agency. A big issue … Read more »
Japanese emperor, empress to visit PH from January 26
The imperial couple of Japan will make a five-day state visit to the Philippines on January 26 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral ties between Tokyo and Manila. On Tuesday, Malacañang released the schedule … Read more »
Bail hearing for extortion incident canceled anew
FOR the fifth time, proceedings of a bail petition filed by policemen involved in an alleged extortion incident in Mandaluyong City(Metro Manila) in September 2014 were suspended for lack of an interpreter. Judge Carlos Valenzuela of Mandaluyong Regional Trial Court … Read more »
Analysis & Commentary
Debt-equity swap frees VMC from interest payment
VICTORIAS Milling Corp. (VMC) is highly capitalized with a subscribed and paid-up capital of P2.91 mil-lion, computed at par value of P1 per share, and market value of P13.25 billion. As of Nov. 30, 2015, Victorias Milling had current assets … Read more »
Fearless forecast: Comelec’s non-compliance with the AES law in 2016
Last of two parts Certification 4: A certification that the source code is kept in escrow with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). There is no Annex that would show certification that the source code is kept in escrow with … Read more »
‘Magnified global presence’ is more fiction than truth
President Aquino made the right move after the bloody attacks in Paris. Which was to declare oneness with the French people and the embattled city of lights. Our media outlets, setting aside the parochial mind-set for once, also headlined the … Read more »
New SAF 44 probe to open a can of worms?
EXPECT fireworks at the Senate committee hearing on Jan. 25, the first anniversary of the Mamasapano massacre. Just when the Administration thought the worst is over, the ghost of Mamasapano has returned to haunt President BS Aquino The Last. The … Read more »
The boys from Brazil
FIFA seemed to be really pushing it, despite charges of corruption still swirling over the supposedly haloed heads of Blatt and Platini. In the past few years or so, world football’s governing body apparently had been condoning what some quarters … Read more »
Should you trust a politician?
The answer is, of course, you should; in fact you have to. They exist in a democracy to represent the interests of their constituents in matters of national governance; note that I say their constituents and not just the people … Read more »
The incompetence of NAIA GM Honrado
“GOVERNMENT is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” This famous line, delivered halfway through former US President Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address in 1980, embodies all that has gone wrong with the administration of President BS … Read more »
How nobodies become somebodies
ORPHANED at a young age, poor, worse still, diffident by nature and far from good looking,Jejomar ‘Jojo’ Binay was a nobody living in a tough part of Makati.But he was clever. He put himself through law school and became a … Read more »
Legal Advice
Mistress can’t benefit from separated lover’s life insurance policy
Dear PAO, My husband and I have been separated for 15 years now. I moved out of our family home and rented a small apartment near my place of work. A few years ago, it came to my knowledge that … Read more »
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