Is 16 needed to convict?
VICE PRESIDENT Sara Duterte-Carpio’s impeachment is undergoing pre-trial proceedings in the Senate. Trial proper is projected to begin in the first week of July.
This...
Reinforcing Gatchalian’s Senate control
YESTERDAY President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. called Congress to a special session tomorrow, purportedly to act on key measures that were sidelined as a casualty...
Blue or Red Ribbon?
THE INTEGRATED Bar of the Philippines and other civic organizations have issued public statements declaring Sen. Win Gatchalian’s ascension as Senate President pro tempore,...
J Leonen challenges Bato to yield to police
THE SUPREME Court has published the individual opinions of the Justices who agreed with the majority to deny Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s bid...
Is Bato now a fugitive?
LAST WEEK the Supreme Court denied Sen. Bato Dela Rosa’s urgent motion for a temporary restraining order against his possible arrest by agents of...
Local warrant not needed vs Bato
ALAN Peter Cayetano, when he was Foreign Relations secretary, was the “principal architect” of the Philippines’ withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The Solicitor...
Misleading scare tactics?
WHY IS there a subpoena all of a sudden against Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa?
Last Sunday no less than Secretary Jonvic Remulla of the...
A stronger Ombudsman
THE SUPREME Court, writing through Justice Filomena Singh, has upheld the independence of the Office of the Ombudsman by confirming that the President does...
Anti-corruption bodies must be protected from politicians
IN AUGUST 2018 overall Deputy Ombudsman Arthur Carandang was ordered dismissed from the service.
It was the Office of the President that issued the dismissal...
Is Madriaga credible
RAMIL Madriaga’s testimony at the House of Representatives committee on justice last week may be synthesized as follows:
He helped establish ISIP, a non-profit organization...