Losing in winning
Posted on February 6, 2008 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
Joe de Venecia had definitely overstayed when he racked a record of being the only five-term Speaker of the House but the manner in which he was yanked out this week could have repercussions that Pres.Arroyo and her clan may have underestimated.
While the oust-JdV ringleaders . . . including Pres. Arroyo’s two solon sons […]
PNP’s blast theory bombs
Posted on January 24, 2008 - Filed Under Headliners, Governance | Leave a Comment
Despite preliminary findings by government forensics investigators that mentioned the presence of traces of RDX at the Glorietta 2 shopping mall blast site, the Philippine National Police has issued a final report that lays the blame squarely on
Read More..>>Prescription for common sense
Posted on December 18, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
It’s heartening to note that Congress has finally approved the Cheaper Medicines Bill on its third and final reading, according to an ABS-CBN News report that said 205 congressmen voted for the measure. None opposed it and nobody abstained . . . which is rather surprising in the wake of persistent attempts by Cebu solon […]
Read More..>>Brighter tomorrows for Sumilao farmers
Posted on December 18, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
The 55 visibly exhausted farmers . . . all members of the Higaonon tribe . . . had walked some 1,700 kilometers in the past two months from Sumilao, Bukidnon to Malacañang Palace in what must have been a collective act of desperation. However, when they arrived at their destination last week, they found […]
Read More..>>Saving another Sarah
Posted on December 6, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
The Amir (head of state) of Kuwait has finally agreed to grant Pres. Arroyo an audience on Sunday . . .an unintended side trip on the way back from her state visits to France, Spain, and the UK. We should hope that she can persuade Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah to grant absolute pardon for
Read More..>>The decider is now a commuter
Posted on July 2, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
Just when some of us thought that the approval ratings of Pres. George W. Bush could not possibly head any further south, he springs another surprise
Read More..>>Green cards fade to black
Posted on June 28, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
President George W. Bush had valiantly fought to get the Immigration Reform Bill back on the floor but despite a compromise deal that was carefully crafted with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic notables such as Sen. Ted Kennedy, the bill was effectively
Read More..>>Victim speaks up on shakedown
Posted on June 24, 2007 - Filed Under Governance | Leave a Comment
In October last year, the Manila Times ran an editorial deploring what appeared to be the abrupt dismissal of then Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban.
As things have turned out in the past week, however, it was Panganiban himself who decided to give up his ad interim Cabinet position . . . rather than succumb to […]