Will mining benefit Antique?
WHAT WILL it mean for the people of Antique when seven thousand hectares of contiguous mountains in southern Antique are declared a mineral reservation...
Hypocrisy in drug war
THE HOUSE of Representatives quadruple committees investigating the Duterte war on drugs will reportedly reconvene today.
Congress will probe further into the drug smuggling activities...
Politicians warned against illegal use of jingle melodies
POLITICIANS have started airing campaign jingles whose melodies are familiar and easy to follow.
The familiar tunes are copied from the popular work of...
Identity theft?
DOCUMENTS seen online seem to indicate that current Senate frontrunner Erwin Tulfo may have falsely represented himself as an American citizen after assuming the...
Lessons learned from Marikina disqualification case?
THE COMMISSION on Elections (Comelec) has cancelled the certificate of candidacy filed by Marikina City’s Mayor Marcelino Teodoro who now aspires to be congressman...
What Digong forgot
SEVERAL columns ago we mentioned that there exists a law that mirrors the provisions of the Rome Statute.
In December 2009 the Philippines enacted Republic...
Strengthening community-based interventions against HIV
THE STEADY rise in HIV cases in Iloilo Province has become a cause for alarm, particularly in municipalities identified as hotspots. Areas like Pavia,...
Enough time for Senate to render judgment?
BY ADE S. FAJARDO
AS THIS is being written the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives is said to be in a race to...
Legal problems wrought by Mary Grace Piattos
A PENDING plunder case is not enough to unseat the Vice President. The reason why Akbayan and other groups filed an impeachment complaint against...
Problems that will go away when Sara assumes the presidency
THE OTHER DAY the Vice President reversed herself and said her threats against the President and his family are not real. It is more...