Betrayal in politics
“The challenge to both traditional and progressive political groups is to return to an ethics-based politics…always doing the right thing the right way to achieve the right outcome” There we go again. Trapo (traditional and transactional) politics on display. The worst of Philippine politics. There is no policy issue being debated, no vision of society…
Break the pattern of enforced disappearances
TONY LA VIÑA, BERNARDINE DE BELEN ‘Surface Dexter and Bazoo. Surface all the desaparecidos!’ Cases of enforced disappearances in the Philippines are not at all new. In fact, we have been dealing with the same experience, the same tale for decades now. The term “desaparecidos” is Spanish for “disappeared.” It was eventually used in Latin…
The road to vindication
“Conspiracy must be established not by conjecture but by positive and conclusive evidence” In a 39-page decision released on May 12, the Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court Branch 204 cleared former senator Leila De Lima and Ronnie Dayan in Criminal Case Number 17-165 for conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading – the first case filed…
Here we go again with charter change
TONY LA VIÑA, KALOI ZARATE, JAYVY GAMBOA ‘Do we really need to change the Constitution for economic reasons? No.’ Last March 6, the House of Representatives approved on third reading Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6 calling for a constitutional convention, or ConCon, as a mode of charter change. RBH No. 6 states that…
Celebrating EDSA
“Given the present-day realities, is EDSA still worth celebrating?” In February 1986, the Filipinos booted out of power the dictatorship of Marcos by staging a bloodless revolt. The revolt effectively ended the 20-year dictatorial rule by the Marcos regime characterized by excesses, suppression of human rights, and plunder of the economy. (Editor’s Note: Marcos, was…
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