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...
When pardon is afoot
THE Supreme Court is “the court of last resort.” For people seeking a reversal of their convictions in criminal cases, it is there where...
Rats in the underground justice system
LAST week, President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Police Lieutenant General Camilo Cascolan as the new chief of the Philippine National Police. Cascolan is admittedly the...
End of construction cartels?
IT IS NOT often that we hear of news of the Solicitor General losing a case in the Supreme Court. The top government lawyer...
Who wants a revolution?
LAST SATURDAY, a group of reportedly three hundred people converged at the Clark Freeport in Pampanga to present a resolution that calls on the...
Behind the wheel
ON THURSDAY last week, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President would address the nation on Monday, Aug. 17, to reveal the new...
When action is inaction
HOMICIDE is murder when the killing is done during a pandemic.
Theft gets qualified, and is penalized two degrees higher when property is taken on...
The finality of death
ALMOST a year ago, Sen. Manny Pacquiao delivered an empathic privilege speech urging the Senate committee on justice and human rights to prioritize consideration...