Category: Politics

How the new Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno might save Hacienda Luisita from the CARP

August 27, 2012August 29, 2012 benign0 34 Comments

Back in April of this year, the Supreme Court (SC) voted 8 to 6 to value Hacienda Luisita on the basis of a 1989 assessment of Php40,000 per hectare or a total Php200 mllion compensation to the owners of the entire property when it is subject to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Newly-appointed Chief…

Government, Politics

Outpouring of grief for Jesse Robredo’s passing challenges the Yellow brand for the first time in 30 years

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 benign0 30 Comments

As we now know, Filipinos gave a rousing farewell to a fallen bureaucrat, the late Secretary Jesse Robredo. Robredo was remarkable because he represented the ideal Filipino government official — one who does his work properly. In the Philippine setting, that makes Robredo a “hero”, because he supposedly walked the straight path long before his…

Government, Politics

Hacienda Luisita may be safe: Lourdes Sereno appointed Chief Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court

August 24, 2012 benign0 142 Comments

The Philippines has a new Supreme Court Chief Justice. Lourdes Sereno was chosen by President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III to be the new head of the judiciary from a shortlist submitted by the Judicial Bar Council (JBC) today. At 52 years old, Sereno is expected to serve in the role for the next 18…

Government, Politics

Is Death The Door To Other Side Or Merely A Billboard For Opportunists On This One?

August 23, 2012January 18, 2016 Gogs 1 Comment

“Every movie in every cinema is about Death, Death Sells!” Ian Faith, manager of the legendary band Spinal Tap. Michael Jackson was as hot as a musical artist can get in the mid 80s.Like anything else there will be a regression. When he died people in my life from maids to our H.R. were…

Culture, Glitz and Glamour, Government, Politics

Questionable circumstances of DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo’s death: Could it have been prevented?

August 21, 2012August 18, 2015 benign0 120 Comments

Even as the country mourns the death of Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jess Robredo in a plane crash this week, some questions are starting to emerge. An observation made by a certain Adolfo Mortera re-posted by Showbiz Government covers most of these questions in summary… [Philippine President Benigno Simeon] Aquino has…

Government, Politics, Society

Should Ateneo de Manila faculty members who choose to continue to teach ‘reproductive health’ be fired?

August 21, 2012August 21, 2012 benign0 41 Comments

Seeing all the rah-rahs — even (horrors!) mudslinging — being thrown by one camp of the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill “debate” at the other, I just have to take my hat off to the anti-RH Bill advocates who are employing Roman Catholic dogma as the underlying framework of their position. Their argument is pretty well-grounded….

Lifestyle, Politics, Religion, Society

Judicial reform? What exactly is it?

August 20, 2012 a 22 Comments

While the search for missing Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo continues, the esteemed President Noynoy Aquino seems to have another dilemma to ponder on; having to choose the next Chief Justice from the Judicial and Bar Councilâ€™s shortlist after his most trusted sidekick, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, got booted…

Government, Politics

President Noynoy Aquino not happy with candidates for Supreme Court Chief Justice

August 18, 2012August 18, 2012 benign0 64 Comments

Perhaps to the chagrin yet again of his bloated Communications Team, Philippine President Benigno Simeon “BS” Aquino III expressed his personal view on the final list of nominees to the role of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court unveiled by the Judicial Bar Council (JBC). Asked if he is satisfied, his reported reply: “Personally, I’m…

Government, Politics

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