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If we must 13 Mar 2012 | 02:40 am
This is my column today. The circus, also known as the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona, resumes today. We expect the fireworks to be more spectacular this time around because it is ...
Not about the frills 8 Mar 2012 | 03:51 am
This is my column today. What a relief to hear no less than the prince of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, the Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Tagle, slam the growing commercialization of we...
Santiago the gadfly 6 Mar 2012 | 03:51 am
This is my column today. The irrepressible Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago is once again in the maelstrom of public opinion. She, once again, lost her temper at the impeachment trial last week, call...
Why the fight has not ended 1 Mar 2012 | 03:38 am
This is my column today. The country commemorated over the weekend the 26th anniversary of the people power uprising that has come to be known as Edsa 1. The President, some members of his Cabinet, a...
Worth pondering on 29 Feb 2012 | 03:49 am
What follows is a comment left in my post last Monday. It was written by someone who claims to be a relative of Marvin Reglos, the victim of the Lambda Rho Sigma fraternity hazing. I hope we can all e...
Death in the name of brotherhood 28 Feb 2012 | 03:33 am
This is my column today. Marvin Reglos, freshman law student at the San Beda Law School, died last week in the hands of people he aspired to call brothers. He wasn’t the first to offer his life in th...
Respect is earned 23 Feb 2012 | 04:22 am
This is my column today. Aurelio Gonzales, the honorable representative from the third district of Pampanga, has raised a howl over what he perceives as unfair depiction of congressmen in Philippine ...
Leadership is badly needed 21 Feb 2012 | 02:38 am
This is my column today. I have long given up illusions of the impeachment trial being fair, impartial and an exemplar of outstanding—or at least competent—legal wrangling. As I have said in the past...
Valentines day and hypocrisy 16 Feb 2012 | 05:40 am
This is my column today. There are days when I wish there’s a device that automatically triggers off alarm bells when hypocrisy reaches untenable levels in this country. If there is something that we...
Let's not break the law 13 Feb 2012 | 07:38 pm
This is my column today. There is an important factoid that many people seem to conveniently gloss over regarding the temporary restraining order that the Supreme Court released last week. The order ...
