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Atty Josephus Jimenez
Atty Josephus Jimenez
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Las Piñas, Taguig, and San Juan: A tale of 3 tiny cities
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - September 4, 2024 - 12:00am
The total land area of the three cities of Las Piñas, Taguig, and San Juan constitutes less than 1% of the total national territory of the whole republic and yet they command six of the 24 senators or 25%...
BBM's Senate Bets and Duterte's Choices: Same bananas
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - September 3, 2024 - 12:00am
The situation is still fluid and there may be some changes here and there, but we have it right from the horses' mouth that the administration rainbow coalition has come up with a list of the president's choice...
Limits on Congressional contempt powers
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 27, 2024 - 12:00am
There is no question that both the Senate and the House have general and wide powers to conduct investigation in aid of legislation. But the fundamental rights of resource persons appearing before the specific committees...
Liberal Party, the true opposition
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The PDP Laban under the leadership of former president Rodrigo Duterte and by logical expectation also of Vice President Sara Duterte Carpio, is not and cannot claim that it is the genuine opposition.
Times for trapos' tactical turncoatism
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 13, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike the Americans who are born Democrats or Republicans, live as such permanently, and die under the same party, Filipino traditional politicians change their party affiliations as often as they change their T-shirts....
The bodyguards
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 10, 2024 - 12:00am
The title is inspired by the 1992 film “The Bodyguard”, but it bears no relation to the plot or characters portrayed by Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. Instead, I'm referring to the recent issue involving...
Osmeña & Garcia vs. Comelec
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Two famous former governors of Cebu joined efforts to enrich the pages of Philippine jurisprudence in Constitutional Law, Political Law, and Election Laws. They were Lito Osmeña, grandson of President Don...
Candidates' citizenship: Aznar vs. Osmeña
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The number one requirement to qualify as a bona-fide candidate for any public office in the Philippines, from kagawad to president is citizenship.
The perils of choosing between Marcos Jr. and Duterte
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 30, 2024 - 12:00am
The last SONA of President BBM and the continuing Maisog rallies of the Duterte group show palpable manifestations of the contrast between two political groups I’m both allergic to.
Why don't politicians tell the truth?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 26, 2024 - 12:00am
It is because most people enjoy fairy tales, they love fiction rather than documentaries of hard facts and painful realities.
The state of Philippine politics: feudal, paternalistic and transactional
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 25, 2024 - 12:00am
For the longest time, Philippine politics is neither based on ideology nor principles, but on dominant personalities and groups of temporary allies who wield power, dispense favors and control public funds and the...
Some trivia about SONAs
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Well, the SONA the other day was far from earthshaking.
The true state of the nation
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 23, 2024 - 12:00am
Numbers do not lie.
Wanted: A “Designated Survivor Law”
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 18, 2024 - 12:00am
That apparently humorous but quite threatening jest spoken by Vice President Inday Sara, about not attending the SONA and consequently, naming herself as the designated survivor triggered a number of reactions. In...
Memo to DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 17, 2024 - 12:00am
Among those who were considered for the position of DepEd secretary, we truly believe that the president did the right thing when he appointed you, Mr. Secretary. You are not a traditional politician and you are...
When the vice becomes the mayor
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 16, 2024 - 12:00am
When, by the grace of the Almighty, or by a certain twist of fate, or by virtue of the powers of the Ombudsman, and by operation of law, the vice mayor ascends to the office of mayor, he or she has two options to...
Will Michelle Obama save America from Trump?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 9, 2024 - 12:00am
By the look of it, it now appears that the American voters are going to decide their political destiny on the basis of only one debate, and the numbers in the polls are going down for President Biden. The fickle-mindedness...
The difference between preventive and punitive suspension
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 3, 2024 - 12:00am
A mayor or a governor who is under preventive suspension is not yet found guilty.
What if "that convicted felon" wins the election?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - July 2, 2024 - 12:00am
It is possible, even highly probable that Donald Trump wins in the US presidential polls come November. It is also possible that former resident Rodrigo Duterte, and even his two sons: Polong and Baste, can be elected...
Who will dare to run against family dynasties?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - June 26, 2024 - 12:00am
There seems to be no more young idealists animated with passion, dynamism and pure love of country.
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