April 20, 2024
The tri-lateral summit now going on in Washington D.C. between the United States, Japan and the Philippines is not only a reaffirmation of commitment between the countries involved in protecting and defending their nations and their interests but also a marshalling of forces in preparation for what they rightly or wrongly perceived as imminent hostilities […]
April 14, 2024
In October 2008 then former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Republic Act 9513 otherwise known as the Renewable Energy Act to jumpstart and fast track the development of renewable energy sources in the country. This is thinking ahead considering that conventional sources of energy are severely limited and quickly being depleted. Sixteen years hence or […]
April 8, 2024
The die has been cast, literally. The latest water cannon incident involving a Philippine Navy – operated supply boat against two Chinese coast guard ships immediately brings to light and reveals the very clear intention of the country to finally and openly contest and oppose China’s provocative actions in the South China Sea (West Philippines […]
March 30, 2024
The Philippines should take advantage of its warm relationship at the moment with the United States of America. In fact it should exploit that military defense relationship to wrangle more concessions as well as military equipment and armaments from the good old US of A. For instance not many may know about this but the […]
March 9, 2024
For those who have not yet fully digested the implications of what Congress, both the upper house and the lower house, intend to do with the 1987 Philippine Constitution perhaps now is time to delve deeper into what our lawmakers really want to change in the basic law of the land to obtain a better […]
March 2, 2024
For those who have not yet fully digested the implications of what Congress, both the upper house and the lower house, intend to do with the 1987 Philippine Constitution perhaps now is time to delve deeper into what our lawmakers really want to change in the basic law of the land to obtain a better […]
February 24, 2024
The 1987 Philippine Constitution is the supreme and primary law of the Republic of the Philippines as a democratic nation. To ordinary Filipino citizens the Constitution serves as the bedrock of democracy and the basic law by and through which all other laws in the country are subservient. This means that Congress, both the Lower […]
February 17, 2024
This past week the public was witness to two harmful and treacherous attempts to drastically alter the political, social, and economic landscape of the country. The first one was to allegedly use the people to directly amend certain provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the very basic law of the land. The alleged mastermind or […]
February 10, 2024
After so many years the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is nearing its objective of fully transforming itself into a modern military force consistent with the plan envisioned and embodied in Republic Act No. 7898 aiming to modernize all branches of the AFP such as the Philippine Air Force (PAF), Philippine Navy (PN) and […]
February 2, 2024
The 1987 Philippine Constitution, the basic law of the land, is once again in the limelight after a seemingly concerted effort to have it amended has suddenly gained traction thru the so called Peoples Initiative. The Constitution that is sought to be amended provides in Article XVII, Section 2 thereof, “Amendments to this Constitution may […]