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Francisco S. Tatad
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Remembering Blessed John Paul II
by Francisco S. Tatad - May 10, 2011 - 12:00am
Undaunted by forecasts of foul weather, the mammoth crowd of all nations filled St. Peter’s Square all the way down to the street above the Tiber on May 1, for the beatification of Pope John Paul II.
What did Hillary tell GMA and Noynoy?
by Francisco S. Tatad - November 19, 2009 - 12:00am
Reports persist that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in Manila to simply ensure clean and credible elections instead of running for any elective post in 2010.
GMA for vice-president? Don't scoff at it
by Francisco S. Tatad - November 13, 2009 - 12:00am
Because of the rash of defections plaguing the ruling party, the opposition may be tempted to dismiss President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as a spent force.
Should Erap run again?
by Francisco S. Tatad - November 7, 2009 - 12:00am
Overshadowed for now by the bigger political stories, former President Joseph Ejercito (Erap) Estrada’s announced bid to run again has energized his old supporters and fans while rekindling dormant and residual...
Chiz soufflé?
by Francisco S. Tatad - November 6, 2009 - 12:00am
The press was quite exhuberant in saying that Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero “rearranged the political landscape” when he bolted the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) on the day he...
After the floods (Part 1)
by Francisco S. Tatad - October 28, 2009 - 12:00am
Amid the deaths, devastation and human suffering caused by the great floods from the two back-to-back tropical storms that recently hit Metro Manila, its environs and northern Luzon, at least three things stand out....
Will the US intervene in the 2010 elections?
by Francisco S. Tatad - July 9, 2009 - 12:00am
At the US July Fourth reception on July 2 Ambassador Kristie Kenney was asked pointblank if her government would be “concerned” over a “postponement” of the 2010 Philippine elections.
Prime Minister, anyone?
by Francisco S. Tatad - June 21, 2009 - 12:00am
One reason, it is said, why Ferdinand Marcos stayed in power far beyond his unprecedented second term was because he had seen how badly our former presidents and especially former first ladies were treated by the...
Will you march for the senators and 'presidentiables'?
by Francisco S. Tatad - June 17, 2009 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - We hold an unbroken record of losing our battles to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, but there is still no sign we have learned our lessons well.
A yawning political desert
by Francisco S. Tatad - February 12, 2009 - 12:00am
Despite the explosion of presidential aspirants trying to airbrush the law on political campaigns, not one of them has captured the imagination.
A yawning political desert
by Francisco S. Tatad - February 11, 2009 - 12:00am
The story about Chief Justice (CJ) Reynato Puno being egged on to run for President in 2010 looks like a bold attempt to transplant a fruit-bearing tree beside running water into the middle of a vast desert. Time...
How should we read the bishops?
by Francisco S. Tatad - March 23, 2008 - 12:00am
This Holy Week offers us a break from the high-octane, open-ended Senate investigation of the scuttled $329.5-million National Broadband Network (NBN)-ZTE contract,...
Just what is at stake for us in the Spratlys?
by Francisco S. Tatad - March 13, 2008 - 12:00am
An article by Barry Wain in the January/February 2008 issue of Far Eastern Economic Review raises some troubling questions about the joint seismic undertaking of the Philippines, China and Vietnam in...
Junta, Noli de Castro, or ‘recycled’ GMA?
by Francisco S. Tatad - March 11, 2008 - 12:00am
The anti-Arroyo campaign has taken a new turn. The social classes and sectors have converged; students, men and women religious and the bravest of bishops....
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