Distrust in judges?
SEVERAL petitions have been filed to seek relief from the Supreme Court with respect to provisions of the newly signed anti-terror law that may...
Why only judges may issue warrants of arrest
AS THIS is being written, the President has yet to sign the anti-terror bill that was transmitted by Congress three weeks ago.
To recall, it...
Lonely at the top
LAST June 19, President Rodrigo Duterte accepted the credentials of the new foreign diplomats in the Philippines. New ambassadors from Canada, Iran, Palestine, Vietman,...
How they solved a problem like Maria
THE MANILA regional trial court has convicted Rapplerās Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr., of violation of Republic Act No. 10175, otherwise known as...
The Iceman cometh
IN JULY last year, or three years into drug war launched by the Philippine government, the United Nations Human Rights Council requested its High...
Corpus de Lima
FOUR centuries ago, three people were publicly executed in England following their confession to murder.
The executions raised a public howl after the confession turned...
Will divorce bills prosper?
LAST February 5, a month before the country went on lockdown, the committee on family relations of the House of Representatives approved House Bill No....
Fundamental rights are non-negotiable
ON MAY 5, 2020, teacher Ronnel Mas posted on Twitter: āI will give 50 million reward kung sino makakapatay kay Duterte.ā
Six days later he...
Naked display of political power
MAY THE National Telecommunications Commission grant ABS-CBN provisional authority to operate in the meantime that its franchise has expired, and its renewal is pending...
When lawyers are afraid
ACTIVIST Jory Porquia, Bayan Muna Iloilo coordinator, was shot dead by at least four unidentified armed men in his rented home at Arevalo in...