Presidential spokesperson Ed Lacierda is at it again. He says that government does not favor a wage adjustment because, from his understanding of labor laws, regional tripartite wage boards are only allowed to suggest a wage increase, once every year. Wrong. According to the law, if there are supervening events, like a sudden spike in [...]

Sixty years ago, China was in great turmoil. The Socialists have just taken over the country, and the elites as well as millions of Chinese immigrated to Taiwan and even in the Philippines. Chairman Mao Tsetung has just taken the reins of power, and his Communist Party of China became the dominant political party in [...]

21011 promises to be a more exciting year than 2010. For one, President Benigno Aquino III vows to rid his official family of incompetents, first off, his Executive Secretary whom many say will be transferred to another post and replaced by no less than former Senator Mar Roxas III. Paquito Ochoa, several sources say, is [...]

Ang labindalawang araw na pamasko ng bagong Estado: (to the tune of 12 days of Christmas) 1. ON the twelth day of Christmas, my Supreme Court gave to me: a bunch of acquittals from Hubert to Meldy. 2. On the eleventh day of Christmas, my Supreme Court gave to me: two once sequestered mansions, and [...]

Ang Hustisya Nga Naman: Mga Natutunan ko Mula sa Kataas-Taasang Hukuman, sa Sandiganbayan at sa Regional Trial Court Una, kung gusto kong malaman ang katotohanan hingil sa lumalalang problema ng katiwalian sa pamahalaan, kailangang tanggapin ko ang katotohanang isang uri na sa lipunan ang lahat ng mga mangongotong, mandarambong at tulisan mula sa unang administrasyon [...]

The Supreme Court has just acquitted the primary suspects in the brutal Vizconde massacre case. Voting 7-4-4, the Supreme Court says that these suspects were not responsible for the crime which happened more than a decade and a half ago. So, now, the question looms—who really killed the Vizconde family members inside their house in [...]

Sad that the Supreme Court has now been described perogatively as a political court. Why? Because of its ruling in GR NO. 192935 or LOUIS “BAROK” C. BIRAOGO,Petitioner, versus THE PHILIPPINE TRUTH COMMISSION OF 2010. Let us look closely and see if really the SC erred in its decision. The 40 plus page ruling essentially discusses the power [...]

Dr. Jose Rizal in his novel Noli me Tangere tells of Sisa, a woman who fell into a very deep depression when she lost her two sons. Sisa went around town looking for them. She knows that a priest killed her two sons but she never saw how and never resolved to herself why. Many [...]

We, Filipinos, are the World’s Greatest Assets. Look around you, and you’ll realize that everything you see are wondrous works of Filipino creation. Travel abroad, and expect to find at least one Filipino bravely holding himself up before the rest of the world. Look at the tee-shirts you’re wearing, and you’ll find that even its [...]

I read the column of Ms. Yoly Ong of Campaigns and Grey, the advertising agency behind the much-ballyhoed Pilipinas Kay Ganda “test run”. You can read it in this : http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=633825&publicationSubCategoryId=64 Ong was ranting mad against alleged detractors of the campaign, calling them either pro-GMA or supporters of the Open skies policy which, Ong alleges, are [...]