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Bersamin hits back at Leonen over JPE bail

By Edu Punay | August 25, 2015 - 10:00am

The conflict between two magistrates of the Supreme Court (SC) stemming from the decision last week granting bail to Sen....

Headlines

Enrilegate redux

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | August 22, 2015 - 10:00am

The first thing  I  noticed about  the Supreme Court decision releasing Enrile was that the four SC justices who opposed the granting of bail were among the most highly respected members of the Court...

Opinion

SOB story

By Joseph T. Gonzales | August 22, 2015 - 10:00am

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile has been released on bail even though he is charged with a non-bailable criminal offense, and we students of the law cannot help but be flummoxed.

Freeman Opinion

Watching the judiciary

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | October 30, 2014 - 12:00am

I have written several columns focusing on the need for judicial reforms. A just and prosperous nation must be built on the rule of law which requires weeding out corruption in all branches of government, including...

Opinion

Postscript to the Supreme Court decision for OFWs

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | October 10, 2014 - 12:00am

The column we wrote under this by-line, entitled GOOD NEWS FOR OFWS, BAD NEWS FOR RECRUITERS went viral a few days ago.

Freeman Opinion

Moral damages due to illegal suspension

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | October 8, 2014 - 12:00am

Another good news to our working class.

Freeman Opinion

Good news for OFWs, bad news for recruiters

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | October 7, 2014 - 12:00am

This is a big boost to our twelve million OFWs in 200 countries all over the world, and a big blow against recruiters, especially the unscrupulous ones.

Freeman Opinion

DAP redux

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | July 13, 2014 - 12:00am

A week before the State of the Nation address of the President, the Disbursement Acceleration Program (

Opinion

Understanding the DAP issue

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | July 10, 2014 - 12:00am

I must confess that I find that the issue of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) much more complex than I originally perceived. There are six different written decisions on what I thought was a unanimous...

Opinion

Staying on the right path

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | January 3, 2014 - 12:00am

Pope Francis condemned the “idolatry of money” in his Papal Exhortation released last November. Among his messages, he spoke of the reasons countries fail “to realize the potential of their own...

Opinion