Reader, if you want to find out for yourself the truth about the Marcos dictatorship and/or whether or not those years could be considered “GOLDEN YEARS” as far as the Philippine economy and its polity are concerned, there are two documents that will give you very hard evidence on the matter, and which are available on the internet.
Knowledge is Power Read More »
PBBM’s appointment of Romeo Lumagui, Jr. as head of the BIR is a slap in the face of the Filipino people. It is a declaration of intent: he will act in his best interests, not in the best interests of the people, and of the country.
A Slap on the Face Read More »
BSP Governor Felipe Medalla and his monetary board have to answer the question: how much economic growth is the government willing to give up in order to bring inflation down?
Tough Decisions to Make Read More »
The Sandiganbayan showed Justice delayed, denied, confused, biased and wasteful. Navy Case 1: In 19 yrs., SB convicted 1 low-level Navy officer & 2 civilians, out of 45-57 original accused officers of much higher rank, many at large. Case II was for 2.5 million and after 5 years produced one guilty officer who died before having to serve an 18-year jail sentence.
Justice Delayed (and Confused) – Part II Read More »
[I]t took 9 years (28 minus 19) for the government to bring the case to court, and 19 years for the SB to hear and decide on it. Now that is what you call a snail’s pace. Compare this with what the Speedy Trial Act of 1998 requires…a total of 225 days by law versus 19 years in reality.
Justice Delayed – Part I Read More »
Why didn’t the 11-person-strong panel of prosecutors just allow Ragos to testify so that they could cross-examine him and break his story, like both the prosecutor-general and Remulla said? Why didn’t they just go ahead and “let the Court decide”?, again like they said?
The Two-Faces of the Department of Justice Read More »
Wouldn’t you like to see, in black and white, Reader, a list of the PBBM’s accomplishments and mistakes, in his first hundred days of the presidency? I will try to oblige.
PBBM’s First 100 Days: An Assessment Read More »
Who are the pussyfooters? Senators of the Republic. If their actions only affected themselves, there would be no problem. But other people were hurt in the process. The country was hurt in the process. Ironically, even PBBM has been hurt in the process.
Pussyfooting Around the President Read More »
What the evidence shows is that presidential vs. parliamentary has been debated for a very long time, and there is still NO CONSENSUS that one is markedly better than the other.
Part II: Parliamentary versus Presidential Systems : The empirical evidence Read More »