Tuason delivers haymaker

Call it a slam dunk (according to Justice Secretary Leila de Lima) or call it a bull’s eye (in the view of Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago), the testimony of socialite Ruby Tuason before the Senate Blue Ribbon committee yesterday was a huge nail on the political coffins of Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile. More for the former than the latter, to be sure, since the lawmaker known as JPE is widely expected to retire once his term ends.

And since he is already pushing 90, there is little more that Enrile can aim for but to clear his name vis-à-vis the Priority Development Assistance Fund (AKA pork barrel) scandal.