We have the right to know
WHEN a candidate stakes his chances in the presidential arena, he does so with full knowledge that he will not run government on the...
Will the Justices humor the Solicitor General?
IT IS LESS than a year before the filing of certificates of candidacy for elective offices in October 2021.
The country has been reeling from...
Is there evidence against de Lima?
SENATOR Leila de Lima has been in detention for drug charges longer than she was able to physically comply with her mandate, a position...
Failure to cover
SLOWLY trickling in are photographs of the devastation of Catanduanes and the rest of the Bicol region that stood directly in the path of...
Marcos protest facing a dead-end
CHIEF Justice Diosdado Peralta is optimistic that the election protest of former senator Ferdinand âBongbongâ Marcos Jr. will not be overtaken by the filing...
Immunity from scrutiny
JUST YESTERDAY a mid-level public official was seen in a photograph wearing a watch that, if genuine, would be enough to buy a modest...
A tragic death
LAST Friday, Oct. 9, three-month-old infant River Nasino died of bacterial infection at the Intensive Care Unit of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in...
Whiff of roasted pork
ARTICLE VI, Section 16 of the Constitution provides that the Senate shall elect its President and the House of Representatives its Speaker, by a...
No-el and the pandemic
MIKEY Arroyo has backpedaled on his suggestion that the current pandemic be used as an excuse to postpone the 2022 national and local elections.
The...
Quo warranto again?
EARLY this month, a newspaper columnist alleged, after some research, that Associate Justice Marvic Leonen of the Supreme Court failed to file his statements...