The Woman in Yellow Homily by Fr. Joaquin Bernas, SJ Ateneo-Rockwell Chapel March 27, 2008 There is a phrase which in the last three decades has gained currency as part of our contemporary vocabulary. It is a phrase that has the capacity to inflame love of country and love of fellow men. I refer to [...]
Dear Folks, The news headline says, “‘Mikey’ Arroyo plans to join mother’s party.” Ha ha ha…. What a joke!! This is the latest “moro-moro” choreographed by La Gloria herself. What do they think of Filipinos? Stupid? We all know that the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats are subservient to Gloria and her two sons, Mikey and Dato. [...]
This is a column I wrote when I was still writing for INQ online. It is now posted on the Cory Aquino website (www.coryaquino.ph). My STAR column today (“Fond Cory Moments”), per Rapa Lopa, Cory’s nephew and Executive Assistant, is going to be posted in the website too — William Esposo Cory vs. Gloria: The [...]
Amoralism The clearest symptom by which one can recognize the amoralist is his total inability to judge himself, his actions, or his work by any sort of standard. The normal pattern of self-appraisal requires a reference to some abstract value or virtue—e.g., “I am good because I am rational,” “I am good because I am [...]
THE DIFFERENCE The difference between the poor countries and the rich ones is not the age of the country: This can be shown by countries like India & Egypt , that are more than 2000 years old, but are poor. On the other hand, Canada , Australia & New Zealand , that 150 years ago [...]
PerryScope by Perry Diaz A ‘Rubberized’ Supreme Court Finally, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has achieved every totalitarian’s dream –absolute power. And she didn’t even have to declare martial law. The late dictator Ferdinand Marcos would have been awed at the way Arroyo acquired wealth and power. Arroyo and her “royal family” must now be celebrating [...]
Panahon na Kaya, Filipino? (Is it time, Filipino?) We have endlessly complained about our sorry state and clamored for change in the Philippines. The Philippines, land of our birth, our homeland, is besieged by our own politicians and leaders, chronically suffering from ongoing loot of its resources by the very people, sworn and entrusted to [...]
A product of the First Quarter Storm, Justice Antonio Carpio is asserting his independence Sunday, 03 December 2006 “LET US not…delude ourselves into believing that a new constitution would immediately eradicate the ills that plague our country. Nor can we expect that tinkering with the constitution will totally purge it of its defects and make [...]
What must be done (Herman Tiu Laurel / Infowars / 3-31-2008 MON) Every weekend, I summarize the vital news and discussions I treat on the air in my Monday to Friday morning program over DWAD, 1098AM. I also try to record significant texts I receive from listeners along the way. All of them put together [...]
The limits of executive privilege Manila News By JUSTICE ANTONIO CARPIO Executive privilege can never be used to hide a crime or wrongdoing. Executive privilege is the implied constitutional power of the President to withhold information requested by other branches of the government. The Constitution does not expressly grant this power to the President but [...]
