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By Angie M. Rosales The Daily Tribune Says ‘double-crossing’ senators stricken off Iglesia vote list With the solid Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) vote, the rankings in all these pre-election surveys won’t likely reflect the standings of the current crop of senators who are, in various surveys, leading the senatorial survey slate pack. This was the prediction of controversial Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago who yesterday said that Read More …
By Christina Mendez The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – With 178 active dynasties, the Philippines is clearly the “world capital of political dynasties,” Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago said yesterday. Speaking at the 5th Filipino Entrepreneurship Summit at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, Santiago called members of political dynasties “stationary bandits,” “gluttons for power and privilege,” “the equivalent of Mafia crime families” and “monopolies and Read More …
By AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘After Lacson denied that he is gay, can Sen. Santiago prove that he is lying? Tough job!’ Before she was elected senator, Miriam Defensor Santiago served with distinction as regional trial court judge for some years in Quezon City. She is best known to this day for the sharpness of her mind, especially on Constitutional law. But like all geniuses, Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star Normally, we’d want to reduce to a minimum the conflicts in our lives, community and society. Even warriors like General Douglas MacArthur acknowledged that the soldier’s objective is to attain a lasting peace that’ll end conflicts. Did you know that there are big benefits that we reap from conflicts? The most common public Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘In the aftermath of the bitter word war in the Senate, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile announced his resignation from his top post, soon after Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago was stricken by a “mild stroke.”’ ONCE upon a time the Senate used to be the home of eminent statesmen, competent, intelligent and cultured political leaders. Today, it looks like it’s about to Read More …
By NESTOR MATA MALAYA ‘The squabble over the “uneven distribution of cash gifts” last Christmas among senators reminded us of a marketplace in the olden days.’ IN the olden days, the marketplace was frequented by men and women who were known for their foul language and loud voices. That’s exactly what came to mind when we heard about the squabble between Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago and Read More …
EDITORIAL Manila Standard Today Senator Miriam Santiago said a mouthful that should put many of her colleagues in the Senate and the House of Representatives to shame. The feisty senator called a spade a spade when she exposed the practice of her colleagues to pocket, every year, hundreds of millions of pesos in pork barrel kickbacks, unspent money in their budgets and numerous bonuses coming Read More …
By Marvin Sy The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago assailed Vice President Jejomar Binay yesterday for opposing the proposed anti-political dynasties bill as well as the proponents of the measure. During plenary debates on the proposed P2-trillion national budget for 2013, Santiago aired her disgust over recent reports that Binay was quoted as saying that the anti-political dynasties measures were only being Read More …
CITIZEN Y By Yoly Villanueva-Ong The Philippine Star It’s Catch 22. Try removing all the “dynastic” candidates from the two coalitions and there will be just a pitiful handful left, hardly adequate to choose the “Magic 12” for the Senate in 2013. One disgusted anti-dynasty advocate said let’s just bite the bullet and boycott everyone with any relative up to the second degree of consanguinity Read More …
By Alex P. Vidal LOS ANGELES, California – Was it a case of bad timing? Several days after Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago filed a joint resolution seeking the termination of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), the Philippine government has not received any official reaction from the White House. The lady senator had threatened to file the resolution while newly reelected President Barack Obama was about Read More …