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EDITORIAL - Preparing for 2016

October 9, 2014 - 12:00am

Potential rivals in the 2016 elections have started duking it out, political realignments are underway, and parties are beginning to build up war chests for the campaign.

Opinion

Int’l rights watchdog lauds signing of law criminalizing enforced disappearances

By Rhodina Villanueva | December 23, 2012 - 12:00am

The new law that criminalizes enforced disappearances in the Philippines is the first of its kind in Asia and a major milestone in ending human-rights violations, the international group Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

Headlines

P-Noy to confer Quezon Service Cross on Robredo today

By Aurea Calica | November 26, 2012 - 12:00am

President Aquino will lead the conferment of the Quezon Service Cross award on the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo today in recognition of his service in government.

Headlines

Palace heeds justices' demand on unpaid allowances

By Edu Punay | March 31, 2012 - 12:00am

Threatened by a petition at the Supreme Court (SC), the executive department has apparently given in to the demand of retired justices of the Court of Appeals (CA) for release of their unpaid special allowances and...

Headlines

Resolve

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva1 | January 2, 2009 - 12:00am

The New Year is two days old today. But this early, our lawmakers are itching to initiate moves to either undo or redo laws that they themselves in Congress passed and approved.

Opinion

Chavez seeks to speed up probe of fertilizer fund scam

By Mike Frialde | April 12, 2006 - 12:00am

Former Solicitor General Francisco Chavez filed a motion before the Ombudsman yesterday requiring respondents in the P728-million fertilizer fund scam to file their counter-affidavits. Chavez complained that the...

Headlines

SEAG proves Pinoys can excel if given support!

By Bobit S. Avila | December 2, 2005 - 12:00am

Are we really a nation of cheaters, that henceforth, Filipinos would be known worldwide as a people who cheat in our elections, cheat on their wives (thanks to Pres. Joseph "Erap" Estrada's reputation of having string...

Freeman Opinion