Why ninja cops are a menace
HOW MUCH shabu does it take to get yourself to prison and stay there during the trial of your criminal case?
All it takes is...
Title to office
WHEN Roel Degamo was assassinated in his home last March 4 he was on his twelfth consecutive year as governor of Negros Oriental.
In 2010,...
Hot pursuit
THE KILLING of John Matthew Salilig allegedly at the hands of fraternity members at Adamson University deserves utmost condemnation.
The crime must be investigated fully,...
Is arrest forthcoming?
FILIPINO lawyers are accustomed to warrants of arrest being issued against an accused after the conclusion of a preliminary investigation.
After finding that the respondent...
The power to hear crimes against humanity
THE INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court has allowed its prosecutor to resume its investigation into the drug war killings in the Philippines.
Asked to comment, President Ferdinand...
Kian’s body of evidence
THE CONVICTION of some policemen for the killing of 17-year-old Kian Delos Santos in 2017 has always been held as an example that the...
Lawyers and social media
CITING primacy of the rule of law, the Supreme Court recently disbarred a lawyer because of a Facebook post.
The lawyer posted the draft of...
ICC and the failed drug war
HAVE the thousands of nanlaban and ghost-rider deaths from 2016 to 2022 resulted in a drug-free Philippines?
In October last year a very young Marcos administration...
When bail is ineffectual
THE RULE in this country is that everyone has the right to be free on bail pending trial of a criminal case. This assurance...
Power crisis in the offing?
IT TOOK some time, but the Supreme Court has finally decided a case that will serve as the legal checklist for oil sourcing in...