Policing financial institutions
TODAY is Elvis Presleyās 84th birth anniversary. We miss him.
On Aug. 16, 2007, I was quietly commemorating Elvisā 30th death anniversary. Unbeknownst to me...
More difficulty?
AT THE TIME of writing, it has not been reported that President Duterte has signed the bill awarding MORE Power the franchise to supply...
Pork eradication
WITHIN the next few weeks, Transparency International will release its annual corruption league table for 2018. Over the past 10 years, the Philippines has...
Huawei
āWEāLL have him extradited.ā So said the self-important ones last year in the context of Jed Mabilog, possibly living in Canada.
Oh yeah?
Extradition treaties usually...
Ombudsman
ON JULY 26, 2018, Samuel R. Martires was appointed Ombudsman. He replaced Conchita Carpio-Morales who had completed her seven year term.
We tend to see...
Letās be fair to PECO
I LIKED IT when incoming Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin said: āI feel I donāt owe him (President Duterte) this position.ā
If this means that Bersamin...
International agreements
āNo treaty or international agreement shall be valid and effective unless concurred in by at two-thirds of all Members of the Senateā ā Constitution,...
Is the Supreme Court really necessary?
āTHE SUPREME Court should not be thought of as having been tasked with the awesome responsibility of overseeing the entire bureaucracy. Unless there is...
Customer care
I AM DELIGHTED that BPI-Philam Life Assurance Corp. now has a customer care function. This will enable higher levels of probity to be attained.
Many...
Systems enhancements
THE LAPSUS Calami column of Oct. 28 resonated with us. It described the ease of obtaining a firearms license wherein the application and payment...