November 23, 2024
Its just a matter of time before Mary Jane Veloso, an overseas worker convicted and imprisoned in Indonesia for bringing illegal drugs into that country, will finally return here in the Philippines to serve out her sentence this time in a Filipino jail. Kudos to the past and present administrations for never giving up in […]
November 18, 2024
The war on drugs and extra judicial killings (EJK) being investigated by both Houses of Congress (the lower house and the Senate), in connection with the previous administration of former president Rodrigo Duterte, has been the centerpiece of news and gossip for several weeks now and apparently, due to the appearance of Mr. Duterte in […]
November 9, 2024
The Supreme Court (SC) recently issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the transfer of ‘excess’ or unused funds of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to the national treasury. The decision which was made in full court is to be effectively immediately and also requires to conduct of oral arguments on January next year. […]
November 1, 2024
If there is one glaring attitude that was observed in the demeanor of former President Rodrigo Duterte when he appeared as a resource person before the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee during its motu proprio legislative inquiry on the war on drugs and extra judicial killings (EJK) it was that of someone utterly convicted and unremorseful […]
October 26, 2024
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has now posted in its website the list of all party-list nominees for the May 2025 mid-term elections for the purpose of not only informing the public but ostensibly to allow the people to scrutinize the nominees and possibly file petitions for the cancellation of their nominations if they are […]
October 19, 2024
It is very clear now that the temporary political alliance between the Dutertes and Marcoses are at an end. It is over and done with. What remains as a result of that coalition is that we have an elected President from the camp of the Marcoses and there is an elected Vice President from the […]
October 12, 2024
The President of the Republic of the Philippines Ferdinand ‘Bong Bong’ Marcos Jr. is in Vietnam attending the 27th Asean-China Summit and was able to urge the member states of the Asean to fast-track the Asean-China Code of Conduct (CoC) to regulate and address concerns over the disputed waters of the South China Sea (West […]
October 5, 2024
Buried among the more major headlines of the various national dailies is a news item about the so called ‘culture’ of entitlement with police escorts. The item surfaced after Senator Christopher “Bong” Go expressed his opinion that like Vice President Sara Duterte his security detail or escorts were also recently recalled. It can be recalled […]
September 29, 2024
China has continued to ramp up and bolster its presence in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) with the latest occurring just a couple of days ago when it deployed for patrol 11 Peoples Liberation Army – Navy (PLA N) warships at Escoda (Sabina) shoal which is located 75 nautical miles or about 140 […]
September 21, 2024
Some might wonder why it took some time for the authorities, particularly the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and even members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), to finally force the hand and compel Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy to surrender himself to them, and some might even […]