By Gonzalo Duque THE elections are just around the corner. And the Alyansa senatorial candidates, to my mind, are still finding it hard to beat the candidates of the PDP Laban. More so with the investigation initiated by Senator Imee Marcos recommending the prosecution of Justice Secretary Crispin Remulla,…
By Gonzalo Duque SOME years ago, at the Dagupeña Restaurant, then located along A.B. Fernandez Avenue in Dagupan City, I found myself having an animated conversation with then newly elected mayor Benjie Lim, now deceased. With bravado, he declared to me that he has the long-awaited solution to the…
A history of Dagupan’s garbage
By Gonzalo Duque HAPPY Easter to all! The developments in the national political scene are not looking good for the senatorial candidates of the present administration. We can see Imee Marcos, Camille Villar, and maybe Pia Cayetano abandoning ship and getting endorsement from no less than Vice President Sara…
Signs of cheating in overseas voting
By Gonzalo Duque AS the mid-term election draws nearer, the COMELEC is again placed in a hot spot because of its inability to remove all illegally-placed and oversized campaign paraphernalia of the senatorial and local candidates, among other issues. Its failure to monitor the expenses of the national and local…
The COMELEC should watch out
By Gonzalo Duque RECENT developments in our country may not look good for the Marcos administration in the light of the “illegal” arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. In my previous columns, I wrote that unless there is a “triggering factor” where the administration of PBBM might suffer defeat…
Rage!
By Gonzalo Duque THE withdrawal of Senator Imee Marcos from the Alyansa ng Mamamayang Pilipino, otherwise known as the administration ticket, will greatly affect the senatorial ticket of her brother, PBBM, in the forthcoming election. Because of Imee’s move, we learned that some of the candidates of the administration…
Imee’s move
By Gonzalo Duque NOW that the preliminary hearing on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s case by the Internal Criminal Court has been concluded, we learned that one of the confirmed lawyers for Duterte, British-Israeli Nicholas Kaufman, said with confidence that the case of FPRRD is an easy one, both for…
An easy case to win
By Gonzalo Duque A lot of events had been unfolding before our eyes during the last few days. Of course, the latest and biggest is the alleged “kidnapping” of former President Rodrigo Duterte by Philippine authorities led by P/Maj Gen. Nicolas Torre. Many legal luminaries have started questioning the…
Digong’s ‘kidnapping’ could become a rallying point
By Gonzalo Duque THE Supreme Court is proving to be the last bulwark of our democracy as it continues to probe into the legalities of the transfer of billions of pesos of PhilHealth funds to the national treasury to support the unprogrammed appropriations of Congress, particularly, its public works…
Counting on the Supreme Court’s wisdom
By Gonzalo Duque IT’S really surprising that a lot of cases are now being heard by the Supreme Court. Among these are the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, which she herself filed before the high tribunal, the transfer of PhilHealth funds to the national treasury, the 2025 General…