Tag: supreme court

If Grace Poe truly cared for her country, she should quit the presidential race NOW.

December 29, 2015 benign0 8 Comments

What does it mean for the 2016 presidential elections now that the Philippines’ Supreme Court (SC) reportedly granted candidate Grace Poe a stay on a 23rd December Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en banc resolution to disqualify her? According to COMELEC spokesman James Jimenez, it means, Poe’s name will remain in the ballot until the Supreme…

Development, Politics

Grace Poe should drop out of the presidential race for the sake of unity

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 Ilda 10 Comments

Philippine senator and 2016 Presidential aspirant Grace Poe who was once very popular among Filipino voters is now becoming another polarizing figure after the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Second Division cancelled her Certificate of Candidacy for the presidency. Their decision is based on grounds that she is not a natural-born citizen and has not met…

Politics

The 2016 Official Charles Englund Political Campaign Manual

December 13, 2015December 13, 2015 Charles Englund 8 Comments

Free political campaign advice from the Charles Englund Foundation (CEF): In the curious morass that is the Filipino collective psyche, a leader must never volunteer or present himself for political office, more so, not for the (cue trumpets) “highest office in the land” (or what people in other countries simply call, the presidency). To present…

Culture, Development, Government, Politics, Society

Traitor vs Hero

August 29, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 11 Comments

Supreme Court Justice Lucas Bersamin, who penned the decision granting bail to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, files a complaint against one of the 4 dissenters, Justice Marvic Leonen. August 24, 2015, www.rappler.com Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile files a P31-M damage suit against top advertising executive Yoly Ong for a supposedly libelous column in the Philippine…

Are Philippine political ads designed with 5-year-olds in mind?

August 22, 2015 Vincent 12 Comments

Want proof that lawmakers are indeed breaking the law (or at least its spirit)? Look no further. Just watch TV and I bet you that, in an hour, you’ll catch one or two political advertisements. It does not take a rocket scientist to recognize these for what they are — premature campaigning. You already have…

Charter Change, Government, Media, Politics, Society

Treachery at the Philippine Supreme Court

August 22, 2015 Virtual Vigilante 37 Comments

On August 18, 2015, the Supreme Court granted the bail petition of Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, one of the three senators facing plunder charges in connection with the pork barrel scam. The decision was announced by Supreme Court spokesman Ted Te, who was visibly embarrassed with what he had to say at the press briefing….

Civics, Crime, Politics

Did Butch Abad just out an Aquino SC justice for perjury?

November 29, 2014November 29, 2014 BenK 8 Comments

In the aftermath of the announcement of the unexpectedly disappointing third-quarter GDP figures earlier this week, Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad offered a rather strange explanation for part of it, the 2.9 percent retraction of government spending during the quarter: “…the decrease was largely caused by the low utilization of notice of cash allotments (NCAs)…

Crime, Economy, Politics

4 issues Philippine presidential candidates should address in the lead up to the 2016 election

September 12, 2014September 13, 2014 Ilda 39 Comments

Filipinos should be grateful to The New York Times for being instrumental in putting an end to talks around whether or not Philippine President Benigno Simeon (BS) Aquino should seek another term. The news site’s scathing editorial lambasting the President for hinting he would support the amendment of the 1987 Constitution to allow him to…

Development, Economy, Government, Politics, Society