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                    [Title] => Wish list
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Looking forward to the coming year usually inspires us to make lots of wishes for some changes in our way of life consisting in the breaking off from our bad habits, customs and practices.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1393751 [Title] => Oil prices down! Food prices are still up…why? [Summary] =>

It’s not a secret and in fact it’s a no-brainer that the Philippine economy is robust today, not because of the economic policies of the Aquino regime, but rather to the poverty of our people.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392021 [Title] => Too much investigations, too little legislative solutions [Summary] =>

The president was in Beijing, in the midst of  his diplomatic missions,  when he called Senate President Franklin Drilon then made a very crucial statement about the on-going Senate investigations of the vice president. He was saying, in effect, that the Blue Ribbon Committee should already  wind up with its inquiry in aid of legislation, and should now leave the prosecution and trial with the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan respectively.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1148714 [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391605 [Title] => 2.6% holds 97.4% hostage [Summary] =>

During that season when airline passengers and media where ganging up on budget airlines and airport services, I was one of many who wholeheartedly supported the proposed integration of “airport terminal fees” into the airline ticket.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1383371 [Title] => The greatest challenge to the Supreme Court [Summary] =>

First off, I got this email from Mr. Dante Jimenez, founding chairman and president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) in response to the article we wrote last Saturday about their joining in the fight vs. the rape of Philippine democracy. Here’s his letter in full.

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Due to the huge controversy happening in this country today where there’s infighting amongst the political elite (they have ruled this nation for 28 years since the 1986 EDSA Revolt) because of the pork scam as exposed by Janet Lim Napoles and Ben-Hur Luy.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1331614 [Title] => The proper steps [Summary] =>

The only undisputed fact that clearly stands out of all the mess surrounding the pork barrel scam is that the Filipino people have been robbed of their money paid to the government in the form of taxes. This is “corpus delicti” or the body or substance of the crime. It refers to the fact that a crime has been actually been committed (People vs. Bautista 666 SCRA, 518).

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133342 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1328521 [Title] => Liar, liar, pants on fire! [Summary] =>

The complete and signed affidavit of Janet Lim Napoles (JLN) contains the names of at least 120 Senators and Congressmen whom if Napoles is to be believed, these lawmakers were instrumental in her crooked money making venture that made her a super millionaire or billionaire using fake NGOs so they could get money from the General Appropriation Fund, which comes from the National Treasury or the so-called People’s money to enrich themselves beyond their wildest dreams, while the majority of the Filipino people continue to live in sordid poverty with no hope of uplifting their lives.

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In the political food chain of the Philippines, the lowly government employee gets eaten first.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Open letter to our senators and congressmen
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                    [DatePublished] => 2019-04-27 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Wish list
                    [Summary] => 

Looking forward to the coming year usually inspires us to make lots of wishes for some changes in our way of life consisting in the breaking off from our bad habits, customs and practices.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133340 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1393751 [Title] => Oil prices down! Food prices are still up…why? [Summary] =>

It’s not a secret and in fact it’s a no-brainer that the Philippine economy is robust today, not because of the economic policies of the Aquino regime, but rather to the poverty of our people.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1392021 [Title] => Too much investigations, too little legislative solutions [Summary] =>

The president was in Beijing, in the midst of  his diplomatic missions,  when he called Senate President Franklin Drilon then made a very crucial statement about the on-going Senate investigations of the vice president. He was saying, in effect, that the Blue Ribbon Committee should already  wind up with its inquiry in aid of legislation, and should now leave the prosecution and trial with the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan respectively.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 136164 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1148714 [AuthorName] => Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1391605 [Title] => 2.6% holds 97.4% hostage [Summary] =>

During that season when airline passengers and media where ganging up on budget airlines and airport services, I was one of many who wholeheartedly supported the proposed integration of “airport terminal fees” into the airline ticket.

[DatePublished] => 2014-11-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1383371 [Title] => The greatest challenge to the Supreme Court [Summary] =>

First off, I got this email from Mr. Dante Jimenez, founding chairman and president of the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) in response to the article we wrote last Saturday about their joining in the fight vs. the rape of Philippine democracy. Here’s his letter in full.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1332029 [Title] => Soldiers have a stake in this nation [Summary] =>

Due to the huge controversy happening in this country today where there’s infighting amongst the political elite (they have ruled this nation for 28 years since the 1986 EDSA Revolt) because of the pork scam as exposed by Janet Lim Napoles and Ben-Hur Luy.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1331614 [Title] => The proper steps [Summary] =>

The only undisputed fact that clearly stands out of all the mess surrounding the pork barrel scam is that the Filipino people have been robbed of their money paid to the government in the form of taxes. This is “corpus delicti” or the body or substance of the crime. It refers to the fact that a crime has been actually been committed (People vs. Bautista 666 SCRA, 518).

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133342 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804883 [AuthorName] => Jose C. Sison [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1328521 [Title] => Liar, liar, pants on fire! [Summary] =>

The complete and signed affidavit of Janet Lim Napoles (JLN) contains the names of at least 120 Senators and Congressmen whom if Napoles is to be believed, these lawmakers were instrumental in her crooked money making venture that made her a super millionaire or billionaire using fake NGOs so they could get money from the General Appropriation Fund, which comes from the National Treasury or the so-called People’s money to enrich themselves beyond their wildest dreams, while the majority of the Filipino people continue to live in sordid poverty with no hope of uplifting their lives.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135522 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805274 [AuthorName] => Bobit S. Avila [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1177331 [Title] => Pin the tail on the donkey [Summary] =>

In the political food chain of the Philippines, the lowly government employee gets eaten first.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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