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WHAT MATTERS MOST
Is today's world ready for the Messiah?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 24, 2024 - 12:00am
Five years ago, my wife and I joined a religious pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and we did celebrate Christmas right there in the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, which is currently under the control of the Palestinians,...
13 laws you may not know about 13th month pay
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 23, 2024 - 12:00am
There are still employers and employees who are clueless about Presidential Decree No 851, the law mandating 13th month pay to all wage-earners or salaried personnel, whether daily-paid, wage-earner, or monthly paid...
The philosophy of giving Christmas gifts
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 20, 2024 - 12:00am
My most favorite poet and philosopher, Kahlil Gibran, wrote an amazing piece, titled "On Giving" which I wish to share with you before Christmas Day.
Where does Christmas gift end and corruption begin?
by Josephus Jimenez - December 19, 2024 - 12:00am
If you are heads of agencies implementing the tax laws, tariffs and custom duties and your son or daughter gets married two days before Christmas, may you properly allow one of the ninongs to write a check of one...
Ayuda for the indolent from taxes of the overworked
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Since our tax system is regressive, rather than progressive, most taxpayers consider taxation as a burden, a penalty for working hard and earning more, while the lazy, the inept, the indolent, and the social parasites...
Corruption in the use of calamity funds
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 17, 2024 - 12:00am
It is Christmas time and we should all be talking about joyful things.
Rumors of another Senate coup
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 16, 2024 - 12:00am
To be Senate president is to occupy the third-highest position in the Philippine government. My little birdie in the Senate and another in the Palace plus one more in the House confirmed there is real talk on ousting...
Democracy's tyranny of numbers
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 12, 2024 - 12:00am
The problem with elections is that they make choices for the most popular and not for the most competent.
Till ?15.18 trillion debt do us part
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 11, 2024 - 12:00am
How can this nation grow if about one-third of its annual budget is allocated for payment of our external and domestic debt, both principal and compounded interests?
Forcibly ejecting Badjaos: unchristian and illegal
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It is the firm conviction of this column that the public officials who caused the ejection of the Badjaos against their consent committed a gross violation against the law of God and the law of man.
Sara’s “Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune”
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 7, 2024 - 12:00am
As William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet: "To be, or not to be, that is the question, Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,...
Impeachment based on betrayal of public trust
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The president has already thumbed down the possible impeachment of the vice president.
Malversation of public funds
by Josephus Jimenez - December 4, 2024 - 12:00am
Those subordinates of the vice president, who are deemed as accountable officers or special disbursing officers, and who turned over the millions they withdrew to another person, like the security officer, should...
Managing Confidential Funds 101
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - December 3, 2024 - 12:00am
The problem with our public officials is that they spend public funds as if there are no tomorrows, as if they own this money, and as if these funds are not borrowed from domestic and foreign loans.
On vice presidential tantrums
by Josephus Jimenez - December 2, 2024 - 12:00am
There ought to be a school to train how vice presidents, vice governors, and vice mayors should behave, in relation to their respective presidents, governors, and mayors and to the nation as well.
The Impact of the Duterte-Marcos collision course
by Josephus Jimenez - November 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Marcos plus Duterte was a powerhouse. Marcos minus Duterte is diminished but still very strong. But Duterte minus Marcos is a complete lame duck, all quack with no impact.
How will the Dutertes solve their problems?
by Josephus Jimenez - November 27, 2024 - 12:00am
The Dutertes are now beyond redemption.
Declaring nuisance candidates discriminatory
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 26, 2024 - 12:00am
No less than 117 candidates out of 187 senatorial bets had been denied their inherent right to be voted upon, simply because they are poor, and not as popular as Willy Revillame, Philip Salvador, Lito Lapid, and...
Trump will make China behave
by Josephus Jimenez - November 22, 2024 - 12:00am
Chinese president Xi Jinping is upping the ante in Beijing's relations with Washington.
Trump's Cabinet: All neoconservative war hawks
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 21, 2024 - 12:00am
The kind of presidency that any new US leader will usher in the next four years can be easily discerned from the kind of personalities that he brings into his Cabinet.
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