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Hard-sell attack vs Bong Go via David Lim

Cebu City road rage suspect David Lim Jr. has surrendered to the local police authorities, and criminal charges have been prepared against him before...

Incompetence at the MMDA, Pasig city hall

Incompetence is not a monopoly of the officials and bureaucrats at the Metro Manila Development Authority, the agency headed by its acting chairman, Tim...

An accomplished diplomat must lead the DFA

With the exception of the President himself, the Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs is the official face of the Republic of the...

The LP’s people power phantasm

The 31st anniversary of the so-called Edsa People Power Revolution last Feb. 25 was hardly celebrated by anybody, save for  Liberal Party politicians, their...

The Senate reorganization is also about money

Senator Manny Pacquiao has made no secret about his delight in having hosted at his mansion in Forbes Park the meeting among administration senators...

The BGC bridge project and the Sheridan street option

The traffic problem plaguing Metropolitan Manila has reached immense proportions to the effect that along Epifanio de los Santos Avenue alone, there seems to...

Public pay toilets and unisex public restrooms

So far, a social and legal problem of immense consequence has largely been unnoticed by the general public.  That problem is the proliferation of...

De Lima’s cheap theatrics

The Department of Justice will lodge criminal cases against Senator Leila De Lima for her alleged role in the narcotics trade and related anomalies...

Legal impediments to Internet censorship

In the years before cyberspace became a reality, the dissemination of information was largely done manually.  Research work meant trips to  libraries and the...

The interference of the clergy

The word war is on between President Rodrigo Duterte and the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines.  Reacting to the sharp...

Contraceptives, the Church and the SC’s TRO

In December 2016, this column discussed the status of Republic Act No. 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, commonly...

Inequitable traffic rules

This column has repeatedly urged Metropolitan Manila Development Authority General Manager Thomas “Tim” Orbos to take a second look at his purported “solutions” to...

No such thing as ‘VP duties’

Under the Constitution of the United States, the president is the head of the executive department, and his successor is the vice president. Although...

‘Privatization’ of QC’s North and East Triangles

Back in the late 1950s, the North Triangle and the East Triangle—two vast tracts of land in the Diliman district of Quezon City bounded...
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