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THIS IS a continuation of last week’s primer on how the Supreme Court decides litigations. Sessions and titles. During their […]

WITHOUT asking for comment, the Supreme Court correctly threw out the petitions assailing the validity of House Resolution 1109. However,

WHEN President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) chair Manuel V. Pangilinan recently unveiled the P38-billion MPTC road

AN E-MAIL tsunami flooded last Sunday’s “No-proc nightmares.” One common concern is the intrinsic value and inherent danger of automating

SOMETIME ago, Comelec chairman Jose A.R. Melo confessed his nightmare of a failure of elections due to possible automation glitches

THE COMMISSION on Elections has been quite strict in procuring, via public bidding, the machines to computerize the elections. Given

IN A capitalist democracy such as the Philippines, private enterprise is both the engine of economic growth and the propellant

AT THE recommendation of Qatari Ambassador Abdulla Ahmed Yousif Al-Mutawaa and his deputy, Eihab Abdelwahab, the Emir of Qatar –

THE RECENT Supreme Court decision (Banat vs Comelec, April 21, 2009) increasing the number of partylist congressmen from the current

MANILA, Philippines — Last April 21, the Supreme Court promulgated “Banat vs Comelec” increasing the seats for partylist representatives from