Question No. 22 and perjury
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
IT USED to be that one of the gravest sins a politician could commit was to lie to the people. Truthfulness...
Non-filing of income tax return
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
THE PRINCIPAL defense of Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in the disqualification case is that his conviction for violation of the Tax...
Disqualification case against Marcos Jr.
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
A DISQUALIFICATION case was filed with the Commission on Elections on Nov. 2, 2021 against Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on the...
Can Marcos Jr. be disqualified?
SECTION 12 of the Omnibus Election Code disqualifies from running for any elective public position, including for President, anyone who has been convicted by...
The future of Malampaya
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
SERVICE Contract No. 38 (SC 38) covering the Malampaya gas field, granted by the Philippine government to the Shell-Chevron consortium in...
Vulnerabilities of the automated elections
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Is our automated election system (AES) susceptible to hacking? As a former chair of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal and...
Existentialist threat to the Senate
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
CONGRESS exists to enact laws. Congress cannot intelligently enact laws unless it has timely and accurate information from the departments and...
Tax debt of the Marcos estate
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
DEATH is certain but not the payment of estate taxes. Ferdinand Marcos died 32 years ago on Sept. 29, 1989. His...
The Supreme Court as historian
BY ANTONIO T. CARPIO
THE CONSTITUTION mandates that every decision on the merits of the Supreme Court must “state clearly and distinctly the facts and...
‘For Later Release’
BY ANTONIO CARPIO
UNDER the Constitution the power of the purse belongs to Congress, which is the power to appropriate public funds for a specific...