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Like It Is Peter Wallace Manila Standard Today First of two parts You only respect an institution if it deserves respect, you do not respect it of itself. An institution is made up of men and women so is only as good as those men and women are. As this report shows the Philippine court system is severely dysfunctional. It’s quite simply, a mess. I Read More …
Balitang Kutsero By Perry Diaz There is a lot of speculation that President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III might be visiting former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo who is under hospital arrest at St. Luke’s Medical Center. My investigative reporter James Macaquecquec called me to say that he thought he recognized someone who looks like P-Noy enter the hospital. He was wearing a police Major’s uniform and Read More …
Razor’s Edge By Jose Mari Mercader When my article ex-Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. carrying on a tug-of-war against the Supreme Court justices who voted against the Truth Commission he was designated to head, came out in this popular forum (Global Balita), I read the comment of a critic saying “Your article speaks ill of you.” My impulse was to go for the jugular and Read More …
Razor’s Edge by Jose Mari Mercader The way he reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision ruling with finality against EO-1 creating the so-called Truth Commission he was assigned to head, does not speak well of ex-Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr.’s sense of decency and respect for the highest tribunal he once headed. If he was not assigned to it by Pres. Benigno Aquino III maybe Read More …
by Willard Cheng ABS-CBN News President Aquino exchanges pleasantries with newly sworn Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales (right) and retired chief justice Artemio Panganiban during the oathtaking ceremony Wednesday in Malacañang. Photo by Benhur Arcayan, Malacañang Photo MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) – Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Conchita Carpio Morales has taken her oath of office as the new Ombudsman. President Aquino administered her oath in Malacanang. Read More …
The Daily Tribune EDITORIAL Philippine Truth Commission Chairman Hilario Davide, formerly the Philippine permanent representative to the United Nations, has some explaining to do regarding the multimillion-dollar fund transfers yearly from the UN for the maintenance of the country’s peacekeeping contingents. Ironically, the head of the truth body might be compelled in Congress to reveal the truth behind the disposition of the UN funds, which Read More …
GLIMPSES Jose Ma. Montelibano Before the Constitution was the Truth, and from the Truth comes a Constitution. It is important to know which comes first, in time and in value. Truth, by far, is more important than any Constitution. A Constitution without the Truth is meaningless and without value. Truth is the spirit, and a Constitution is the form that seeks to express the Truth. Read More …
COMMONSENSE By Marichu A. Villanueva The Philippine Star The latest official words from the legal advisers of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino lll is that Malacañang is preparing to issue another presidential fiat to replace Executive Order (EO) No. 1 on the faulty crafted Truth Commission. That is, if the Supreme Court (SC) upholds its ruling that nullified EO 1 as “unconstitutional.” If we are to Read More …
Why doesn’t P-Noy use the Department of Justice to prosecute Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as suggested by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile? Why take another change by issuing a revised executive order that the “Arroyo Court” could shoot down? Didn’t P-Noy realize by now that the “Arroyo Court” is bent on protecting Gloria? Wake up, P-Noy! — PERRY DIAZ BY REGINA BENGCO MALAYA JUSTICE Secretary Leila Read More …
P-Noy should heed Sen. President Enrile’s suggestion to file graft charges against ex-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the Department of Justice. Why P-Noy wouldn’t do that remains a mystery. — PERRY DIAZ Noy: Supreme Court singling me out By Delon Porcalla The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino yesterday lamented that the Supreme Court (SC) was “singling out” his administration, compared with his predecessors, Read More …