Columns

MANILA, Philippines—The barangay (village) polls on Monday, Oct. 25 (declared a non-working national holiday) will be conducted manually. No PCOS […]

MANILA, Philippines—For over a century, “jueteng” has been a national scourge. Though outlawed and criminalized by our lawmakers since 1930

IF THERE is one issue in which the hierarchical Church is solidly united, and in which all our Catholic bishops

MANILA, Philippines—Media’s deafening howl over the Supreme Court’s decision (Lumanog vs. People, Sept. 7, 2010) convicting—via a vote of 10-4

MANILA, Philippines—I am glad that President Benigno Aquino is open to the Supreme Court’s proposal to increase the judiciary’s budget.

MANILA, Philippines–Sen. Joker Arroyo lamented that it may take “200 years” to finish the Ampatuan multiple murder case. Noting that

SOME OF us retirees from the judiciary were mulling how we could help revive or regain public esteem for the

MANILA, Philippines—Apart from creating the Ethics Committee that will preliminarily investigate “all complaints involving graft and corruption and violations of

MAY SUPREME Court justices police their own ranks? Isn’t it awkward, if not legally baseless, for the justices to discipline

MANILA, Philippines—The stirring testimonial of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima toasting Chief Justice Renato C. Corona during the latter’s induction