Ang mga nagpanday ng ating 1987 Constitution ay pawang nagtapos ng ibat-ibang college courses and discipline at nagpatuloy upang maging ganap’ na abogado Karamihan sa kanila ay mga pantas at nagpakadalubhasa sa Batas – may mga law professors, dekano sa mga pamantasan ng abogasya, municipal at regional trial court judges, mga kilalang abogado at naging…
By Atty. Florante A. Zagada. I am saddened by the decision of the majority senators in their votes yesterday to allow them to vote to adjust the threshold votes below 16 based on the ATTENDANCE of members in deciding whether to convict or acquit VP Sara. As a lawyer and professor of law, I believe…
The Constitution is supposed to be the one document in our political life that stands above political convenience. That is why the controversy now unfolding in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte deserves more than partisan applause or condemnation. At the heart of the dispute is a simple constitutional phrase: “two-thirds of all…
Photo: Beautiful Spanish and native goat (Photo by Gina de Asis, Braveheart Farms.) The hybrid kids out of the mating of Spanish Breed with Philippine Native Goats are amazingly beautiful. The genetic traits of the Spanish Goats are so dominant that the kids coming out of this breeding program carry the fur color of the sires….
“True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.” — Kevin Gates We all want to be wealthy. That’s the dream of every Filipino. We study well, find a good job and work hard in order to have the resources or assets that will contribute to our financial stability…
There was a sudden surge of euphoria when unexpectedly former President Rodrigo Duterte appeared in the International Criminal Court smiling, composed and apparently unbowed. As we all are aware of, fPRRD was kidnapped March 11, 2025 at NAIA Terminal 3 upon his arrival from Hongkong where he talked before…
Economic optimism must be matched by economic honesty There is nothing wrong with a President being optimistic about the country’s economy. Confidence matters. Investors need it, businesses need it, and ordinary Filipinos certainly need something to believe in. But optimism has one limitation: “It cannot change the numbers.” During his recent BRICS participation, President Ferdinand…
For more than two years, a large section of the ruling elite has joined forces to marginalize, if not erase, the Dutertes from the Philippine political map. The six-year presidency of Rodrigo Duterte was a nightmare for those privileged classes accustomed to entitlement. Once in a while, they may be at odds with one another….
“The financial preparedness of our nation’s youth is essential to their well-being and of vital importance to our economic future.”- Ben Bernanke, former Federal Reserve Chairman The Securities and Exchange Commission is making headline in social media as it pushes to make financial literacy a mandatory subject in the Philippine high school curriculum. It has…
Not everything in Davao City speaks well of its slogan “Life is Here” In the cramp office of senior citizens at the ground floor of the Sangguniang Panglungsod building are throngs of aged people lining up and seated in plastic chairs in a narrow isle that leads to the public toilets. The Office of Senior Citizens Affairs…
