Lessons learned from Marikina disqualification case?
THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) has cancelled the certificate of candidacy filed by Marikina City’s Mayor Marcelino Teodoro who now aspires to be congressman...
What Digong forgot
SEVERAL columns ago we mentioned that there exists a law that mirrors the provisions of the Rome Statute.
In December 2009 the Philippines enacted Republic...
Strengthening community-based interventions against HIV
THE STEADY rise in HIV cases in Iloilo Province has become a cause for alarm, particularly in municipalities identified as hotspots. Areas like Pavia,...
Enough time for Senate to render judgment?
BY ADE S. FAJARDO
AS THIS is being written the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives is said to be in a race to...
Legal problems wrought by Mary Grace Piattos
A PENDING plunder case is not enough to unseat the Vice President. The reason why Akbayan and other groups filed an impeachment complaint against...
Problems that will go away when Sara assumes the presidency
THE OTHER DAY the Vice President reversed herself and said her threats against the President and his family are not real. It is more...
What is Duterte hiding in his bank?
BY ADE S. FAJARDO
FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte had bragged that he was willing to waive the protective provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act and...
Will local warrant of arrest issue sooner for Duterte, Bato, et al.?
RODRIGO Duterte and his followers constantly pose this challenge: Why rely on the International Criminal Court (ICC) when the local justice system is truly...
Did the Senate try to steal the thunder from Quad Com?
WHY WAS police colonel Hector Grijaldo invited to the Senate blue ribbon committee hearing last week?
Grijaldo does not figure in the roster of personalities...
Did judges turn a blind eye to murderous intent?
NOW RETIRED police colonel Jovie Espenido testified in Congress that when Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa was in his custody he executed an affidavit that...