Check and balance

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva | October 5, 2005 - 12:00am
There are fears surfacing that the current imbroglio between Malacañang Palace and the Senate might worsen into a full blown constitutional crisis, unless both sides give way to reason and rational thinking. Senators...
Opinion
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Erap lawyer wants Ermita, Desierto, Marcelo summoned
September 1, 2005 - 12:00am
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo, and retired Ombudsman Aniano Desierto were ordered yesterday by the Sandiganbayan to testify at the plunder trial of ousted President Joseph Estrada on...
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Desierto committed grave abuse of discretion - SC
July 20, 2005 - 12:00am
The Supreme Court has ruled that former Ombudsman Aniano Desierto committed grave abuse of discretion when he insisted on pursuing the criminal case filed before the Sandiganbayan against a top official of the Philippine...
Cebu News
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Non-stop power struggle

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | May 27, 2005 - 12:00am
People Power Philippine style as demonstrated in EDSA I and II concededly gave a new twist but more potent meaning to the very essence of democracy which majestically proclaims that "sovereignty resides in the...
Opinion
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Malaking pagkakamali
By Jose C. Sison | March 12, 2005 - 12:00am
PAGKARAAN ng panimulang pagsisiyasat, natiyak ng Graft Investigating Officer ng Ombudsman na may sapat na dahilan upang isakdal sa Sandiganbayan ang isang alkalde tungkol sa anomalyang inireklamo laban sa kanya –...
PSN Opinyon
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Victims

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | October 3, 2003 - 12:00am
It looks like the most celebrated lovers’ quarrel has degenerated into a battle of the two leading TV networks out to get the bigger slice of public viewership. Business competition must have gotten so stiff...
Opinion
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SC reopens graft case vs Marcos crony
By Aurea Calica | February 11, 2003 - 12:00am
The Supreme Court (SC) assailed yesterday former Ombudsman Aniano Desierto for junking the criminal charges against a close associate of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. Voting 4-1, the SC’s Third Division...
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EDITORIAL - A new graftbuster
October 11, 2002 - 12:00am
Two months after Aniano Desierto retired, a new Ombudsman has been appointed. Solicitor General Simeon Marcelo was chosen by President Arroyo from a list of three nominees submitted by the Judicial and Bar Coun...
Opinion
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Uugod-ugod na gurang sa Ombudsman?
By Butch M. Quejada | September 10, 2002 - 12:00am
ISANG masangsang na amoy ang nasinghot ng mga kuwago ng ORA MISMO. May isang amoy malansang damatang uugod-ugod daw ang sinasabing uupo sa tanggapan ng Ombudsman kapalit ni retired Chief Ombudsman Aniano Desierto....
PSN Opinyon
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Acting Ombudsman vows stronger probe functions
August 20, 2002 - 12:00am
Acting Ombudsman Margarito Gervacio Jr. said yesterday he would strengthen the fact-finding and intelligence functions of the anti-graft body and make it more aggressive in investigating and prosecuting crooks in...
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