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Monthly Archives for March 2008
What if you win the lotto jackpot?
Update: The lotto jackpot has been won by someone from Luzon. Not me nor any of those interviewed here. But it was worth dreaming, even for a brief moment. As I was writing this piece, the P228 million jackpot prize … Continue reading
Palace sets new bar to attending probes
Invokes SC on lack of Congress rules by Jocelyn Montemayor Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita yesterday said Cabinet members would invoke the Supreme Court ruling requiring the publication of rules of procedures before appearing in any of the congressional inquiries particularly … Continue reading
Panagutan ng nambastos ng eleksyon
Sa isang demokrasya, mahalaga ang eleksyon bilang paraan para mamili ang taumbayan ng mga opisyal na gusto nilang mamuno sa kanila. Sa paraan ng eleksyon, naisapagkatuparan ang sinasabi ni Abraham Lincoln, presidente ng Estados Unidos na ang demokrasya ay gobierno … Continue reading
Vera Files on line
I’d like to invite you to visit and link with Verafiles.org. Vera Files puts out in-depth articles on current issues. Vera is Latin for “true”. Our motto is “Truth is our business.” I’m proud to be part of this newly-formed … Continue reading
Sharp increase in rice prices spark anxieties across Asia
From GMA News Online: by Associated Press Philippine activists warn about possible riots. Aid agencies across Asia worry how they will feed the hungry. Governments dig deeper every day to fund subsidies. A sharp rise in the price of rice … Continue reading
No executive privilege to hide crime
This part of Associate Justice Antonio Carpio’s dissenting opinion is the whole point of the issue whether Romulo Neri’s invocation of executive privilege upholds or hampers the search for truth and rule of law: “Executive privilege must be exercised by … Continue reading
Sira na ang Korte Suprema
Tuwing may isyu ang sagot ni Gloria Arroyo at ng kanyang mga alagad ay “dalhin sa husgado.” “Bring it to court” ang kanyang mantra.
UNCLOS’ regime of islands
In the beginning, the bills delineating the country’s archipelagic baselines, filed in the House of Representatives by Cebu Rep. Antonio Cuenco and in the Senate by detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV were the same. Both bills included the Scarborough Shoal … Continue reading
As her mother prepares for chemo, Kris suffers miscarriage
by Gerardine Fe Trillana and Regina Bengco Television personality Kris Aquino suffered a miscarriage Tuesday, a day after she broke the news that her mother former President Corazon Aquino is suffering from colon cancer. Kris was on her eighth week … Continue reading
It’s 9 vs 6: SC favors Neri’s plea vs ZTE probe
The true color of the Supreme Court now by Evangeline de Vera Voting 9-6, the Supreme Court yesterday ruled that acting Higher Education chair Romulo Neri correctly invoked executive privilege in refusing to answer three questions asked by the Senate … Continue reading
