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‘Systems-generated’ extortion must end

The cost of electricity in the Philippines is one of the most expensive in Asia in current times. As a consequence, foreign investors are...

Save the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex

In the years prior to World War II, the City of Manila was the Dame of the Orient, and the most picturesque city in...

More on the ‘Comeleak’ exposé

It’s about time that Andres Bautista, the Commission on Elections chairman, is held to account for anomalies committed by the poll body during his...

Updates on the legal battle for Green Cross

Last year, readers of this column were informed about the ongoing legal battle over the rightful ownership of the corporation which manufactures and sells...

Remembering Manila’s Mel Lopez

The Philippines lost another dedicated public servant last Dec. 31 when ex-Manila Mayor Gemiliano “Mel” Lopez Jr. passed away at the age of 81. Mel...

The end of the Obama presidency

In just a few days, outgoing US President Barack Obama will be leaving the White House for good.  A democrat, Obama is the first...

Why the Reds hate Marcos

(Part 2) "‹Despite their failure to subvert the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos in 1971, the local communists retained their obsession with overthrowing Marcos and...

Why the Reds hate Marcos

(Part 1) At the height of the controversy surrounding the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to allow the burial of ex-President Ferdinand Marcos at the...

Martial Law under Marcos

2016 ends with speculations that President Rodrigo Duterte wants to declare Martial Law and institute one-man rule in the Philippines. The speculations emanate mainly...

Robredo does not understand the Constitution

"‹Before Christmas last year, President Rodrigo Duterte expressed his disappointment with the provisions of the 1987 Constitution regarding the power of the President to...

The Marcos burial and the 1987 Charter

Another group of Aquino family allies announced its opposition to the burial of the remains of ex-President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga...

Arguments for restoring the death penalty

Opponents of the death penalty are at it again.  So-called human rights advocates and highly politicized leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in the...

Robredo’s self-inflicted injuries

Vice President Leni Robredo’s ouster from the Cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte was inevitable.  She did not belong there, period. Every freshman law student knows...

The Yellows have over-rated themselves

The late President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino was partial to yellow.  Her son, Benigno Aquino III, who ran for president in 2010 under the Liberal...
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