Suspects in the ICC investigation
LAST WEEK former senator Antonio Trillanes presented a document purportedly issued by the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that names...
Time to decriminalize libel
THE FINAL tax case filed by the Duterte government against journalist Maria Ressa has been dismissed by the Court of Tax Appeals.
The CTA denied...
Fake Pinoys in our midst
THE MUNICIPALITY of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur is proximate to Davao City.
Last week it got featured as the source of 200 fake Filipino...
Minority of one
THE LATEST in the Alice Guo saga is the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. admitting that officials from the Duterte administration were responsible in...
The long and winding road to justice
FORMER senator Leila de Lima is finally clear of all drug charges leveled against her by the Duterte administration. This ends seven years of...
Is govāt paying lip service to human rights?
THE HOUSE of Representatives committee on human rights is now holding hearings on the thousands of deaths that resulted from the drug war implemented...
The ānanlabanāĀ formula for murder
KABATAAN party-listās Rep. Raoul Manuel chided former executive secretary Salvador Medialdea for chuckling at the prospect of the House of Representatives summoning his boss...
Divorce for equality and empathy?
SHOULD the Philippines finally pass a law on divorce?
Part of the ongoing debate is the question of whether such a law would contradict the...
Does Alice Guo have a backer in the Senate?
SEN. CHIZ Escudero cites the rules of evidence in the Senateās disposition of the case of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.
He invokes the presumption...
Is it truly a case of late registration?
LAND deals worth at least a billion pesos have astounded the public who follow the Senate hearings on offshore gaming operations (POGO) that were...