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                    [Title] => Watch your BP
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Watch your blood pressure. Avoid strokes and perishing before your time.

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Finally retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. — tagged as “the Butcher” for his long record of human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of political activists, human rights defenders, and innocent civilians – will be brought to court to answer criminal charges against him.

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“For more than a hundred years, Filipinos have been aspiring to become a full democracy.”  Sad to say, Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno (ret.) told officers and members of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) that Freedom House, a US-based non-partisan organization, reported that in the year 2013, “for the nth time, the Philippines was rated as partly free, and not as a fully democratic state.”

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The New People’s Army’s well-executed raids last Monday on three mining firms in Claver, Surigao del Norte  razing a smelting plant, 28 heavy equipment, 132 dump trucks and nine barges, but not physically harming or killing anyone  has provoked all kinds of reactions.

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Since its creation under the 1987 Constitution, this is the first time that the Office of the Ombudsman has been mired into messy situations that reflect the very opposite of the purpose for which it was conceived.

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PALACE KIBITZING: It is a matter of opinion, but I think Malacañang should refrain from cheering on the impeachment process initiated against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, an independent official with the rank of chairman of a Constitutional Commission.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 551637 [Title] => Appointed government officials who will run in May polls must resign: Supreme Court [Summary] =>

The Philippine Supreme Court said Monday an official holding an appointive position is now deemed resigned if he or she will run in the May national elections.

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After years of faithful service and dedication to upholding justice in our country, Supreme Court Justice Dante Tinga celebrated his birthday as well as his retirement with a grand banquet at the Grand Ballroom of the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.

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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 alone will tell whether the tree will survive.

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Watch your blood pressure. Avoid strokes and perishing before your time.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134209 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804859 [AuthorName] => Domini M. Torrevillas [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1358024 [Title] => Palparan prosecution: A step to check impunity [Summary] =>

Finally retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan Jr. — tagged as “the Butcher” for his long record of human rights violations, including extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of political activists, human rights defenders, and innocent civilians – will be brought to court to answer criminal charges against him.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1292418 [Title] => CJ Puno: Ours not yet a full democracy [Summary] =>

“For more than a hundred years, Filipinos have been aspiring to become a full democracy.”  Sad to say, Chief Justice Reynato S. Puno (ret.) told officers and members of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) that Freedom House, a US-based non-partisan organization, reported that in the year 2013, “for the nth time, the Philippines was rated as partly free, and not as a fully democratic state.”

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The New People’s Army’s well-executed raids last Monday on three mining firms in Claver, Surigao del Norte  razing a smelting plant, 28 heavy equipment, 132 dump trucks and nine barges, but not physically harming or killing anyone  has provoked all kinds of reactions.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133567 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804785 [AuthorName] => Satur C. Ocampo [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 676156 [Title] => Messy situations [Summary] =>

Since its creation under the 1987 Constitution, this is the first time that the Office of the Ombudsman has been mired into messy situations that reflect the very opposite of the purpose for which it was conceived.

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PALACE KIBITZING: It is a matter of opinion, but I think Malacañang should refrain from cheering on the impeachment process initiated against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, an independent official with the rank of chairman of a Constitutional Commission.

[DatePublished] => 2011-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135304 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804858 [AuthorName] => Federico D. Pascual Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 551637 [Title] => Appointed government officials who will run in May polls must resign: Supreme Court [Summary] =>

The Philippine Supreme Court said Monday an official holding an appointive position is now deemed resigned if he or she will run in the May national elections.

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After years of faithful service and dedication to upholding justice in our country, Supreme Court Justice Dante Tinga celebrated his birthday as well as his retirement with a grand banquet at the Grand Ballroom of the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila.

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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 alone will tell whether the tree will survive.

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