The finality of death
ALMOST a year ago, Sen. Manny Pacquiao delivered an empathic privilege speech urging the Senate committee on justice and human rights to prioritize consideration...
Who wields the baton of recovery?
AS OF SUNDAY, July 26, 2020, the Philippines’ COVID-19 cases had reached more than 80,000. That was the fourth straight day that the country...
Speech problems
HARRY Roque says the Palace does not have a policy of editing President Duterte’s speeches that are released to the public.
The denial came amid...
The dominant religion
BECAUSE of automation, certificates of candidacy for elective positions will most likely be filed in October next year.
That marks the time when the current...
Distrust in judges?
SEVERAL petitions have been filed to seek relief from the Supreme Court with respect to provisions of the newly signed anti-terror law that may...
Why only judges may issue warrants of arrest
AS THIS is being written, the President has yet to sign the anti-terror bill that was transmitted by Congress three weeks ago.
To recall, it...
Lonely at the top
LAST June 19, President Rodrigo Duterte accepted the credentials of the new foreign diplomats in the Philippines. New ambassadors from Canada, Iran, Palestine, Vietman,...
How they solved a problem like Maria
THE MANILA regional trial court has convicted Rappler’s Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos, Jr., of violation of Republic Act No. 10175, otherwise known as...
The Iceman cometh
IN JULY last year, or three years into drug war launched by the Philippine government, the United Nations Human Rights Council requested its High...
Corpus de Lima
FOUR centuries ago, three people were publicly executed in England following their confession to murder.
The executions raised a public howl after the confession turned...