By Leonardo Micua AFTER 215 House representatives endorsed the fourth impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte on the last day of their session, the first to third complaints are now moot and academic. The complaint reached the Senate, which will serve as an impeachment court, on the same…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo LAST year on 15 April 2023, my niece Emerald Grace Sacedor Catbagan posted a shocking revelation: “I have Lupus. On my 35th, three months after being diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), I finally have the courage to tell everyone.“ In that post, she mentioned…
By Farah G. Decano I could not fathom how much deep pain Vice President Sara Z. Duterte is in right now. Her father, the former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, is most likely seething in anger while blabbering, “I told you so.” Four years ago, she was merely keen on…
By Eva C. Visperas FOR many of us, Lingayen Beach has always been a place of peace — whether for a brisk morning jog, a picnic with family, or simply for a quiet moment with the waves. I used to do my own beach walk there regularly, marveling at…
By Rex Catubig SHE is a creature of habit. And the habit that drives her to the point of obsession is what has defined her– Unliserbisyo—the expeditious delivery of much-needed services not only to the public in general, but to those most in need—the indigents and marginalized sector– the children,…
By Ermin Garcia Jr. THE Guico-Parayno feud is turning out to be like the wild forest fire that hit Los Angeles recently. The bush fire was started by Guv Mon-mon Guico and it has since spread like a wild fire and no one can predict how and where it…
By Gonzalo Duque AS I’m writing this column, we were requested by our publisher that we submit our articles earlier. But two rallies are to be staged on January 31st, one at EDSA calling for the impeachment of both Vice President Sara Duterte and President Bongbong Marcos. The other will…
By Leonardo Micua IT remains a puzzle who uploaded the fake news that former Governor Pogi Espino has withdrawn from the race after supposedly being appointed interim secretary of the Presidential Communications Office, which Espino himself flatly denied. The same fake news claimed that Espino’s running mate, former Dasol Mayor Noel…
By Virginia Jasmin Pasalo IT took twenty-nine years for Taguig to win a boundary dispute with Makati, from 22 November 1993 to 03 April 2023. In 2023, the Supreme Court affirmed Taguig’s jurisdiction over the Fort Bonifacio military reservation (including Bonifacio Global City and the ten Enlisted Men’s Barrios…
By Farah G. Decano BELOW is an annotation by Atty. Daphne Areola of a Supreme Court decision penned by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen. With her permission, I thought of sharing this here. “The family is considered an inviolable social institution in the Philippine Constitution, symbolizing its importance in society….
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