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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Above the Law

Virus invasion

THE TITLE of this column article may sound like a Netflix series with a storyline about pandemic, cooperation and survival. Regrettably, it’s not. It...

Refusal to heed

ALMOST all of us had a long weekend last week due to the Lenten holidays. It seemed that even though we were on quarantine, a lot...

National address on COVID-19 pandemic

LAST week, Congress granted President Rodrigo Duterte temporary powers to be able to fight and succeed against the COVID-19 crisis. Initially, the bill was called Bayanihan Act...

Stay Home

NEARLY one billion people are now confined in their homes in 35 countries. And I bet you, too, who is reading this article. There are more...

Dirty money

PEOPLE are exasperated because of the recent issue that involves alleged illicit money from the last quarter of 2019 to March this year. This is linked...

Dynamics of the Senate

IN LIFE, we don’t always get what we want. The same is true in a recent issue – the dynamics of the Senate. Earlier this...

Revamping Disputes

SATURDAY last week, I had the chance to attend an event organized by the University of San Agustin (USA) College of Law Batch 2020 dubbed “Revamping...

Franchise issues

THEY SAY: “Fight for Democracy, Uphold Press Freedom! Respect Workers Rights!” These words may not be new to you. These were the words silently screamed by people...

The prosecuted parliamentarian

WHILE many are busy fussing about the local and national elections, the international community is also busy fussing about how to resolve cases of...

Auditing issues

YOU MAY have heard or read the news that the Commission on Audit (COA) makes it hard for agencies of the government to ask...