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Our country’s top executive and legislative officials are unleashing their superpowers to bring to justice Negros Oriental Rep. Arnolfo Teves Jr. who was denounced by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla as one of the alleged masterminds in…
Justice Secretary Boying Remulla announced over the weekend that today, Nov. 7, separate murder charges will be filed against a “very high person”—the mastermind (along with several others)—in the brutal killing of radio broadcaster Percival Mabasa, aka…
Why do our laws require all candidates, whether they won or lost, to file with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) their respective “statement[s] of contributions and expenses” (Soce) within 30 days from Election Day (that is, on…
In “Talk to the People” days ago, President Duterte asked his successor (without naming who) to abolish the party-list system. THE PARTY-LIST WAS BORROWED BY OUR 1987 CONSTITUTION from the parliaments of Europe and imbedded it into…
To be assured of my precinct number for the coming elections, I accessed the vaunted “Precinct Finder” of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) at https:voterverifier.comelec.gov.ph. After answering the required questions, I was shocked with the result that…
During the electoral debates, some candidates called for the abolition of “endo-contractualization” (also known as “5-5-5”), the scheme of hiring workers for only five months and replacing them with another batch also for five months to evade…
All the while, I thought Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio would vie for the top post. I thought she would be the substitute candidate for president of the Lakas-CMD Party of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) and that…
On or before Nov. 15, Mayor Sara Duterte will have to decide with finality whether to substitute for Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa as the presidential bet of the ruling PDP-Laban party and/or the Lakas-CMD of former…
My column last Sunday titled “Party substitution extends Oct. 8 deadline” drew a lot of questions which I will now answer. Q1. Substitution tends to cause uncertainty and manipulation of the electoral process. How can we avoid…
This question was hotly discussed during the past days as the nation marked the imposition of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos on Sept. 23, 1972 (not Sept. 21). In many decisions, the Supreme Court answered this question…
A good friend texted me: “May a private corporation require its employees to be vaccinated? Alternatively, can it require negative RT-PCR tests for those who refuse to be vaccinated à la French President Emmanuel Macron?” “No”…
The South China Sea (SCS) and the East China Sea (ECS) have become the playgrounds of the game of chicken among the world’s superpowers, a dangerous game that could ignite a nuclear holocaust. Claiming “freedom of navigation,”…
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