Filipino Voices

The black travel ban laid down by China is inherently retaliatory on the part of an offended government and its citizenry.  Philippines and its officialdom failed to win the hearts and minds of the Hongkong nationals or the people of China starting from how the hostage crisis has been bungled down killing eight of their [...]

Last I heard, free speech is held inviolable by the Constitution. So how is it that our anti-graft court – the Sandiganbayan (the vernacular noun translates to ‘the country’s bulwark’) can issue a gag order on the public??? What does the court want us to know? Former Ombudsman Simeon Marcelo now reveals that court insiders told him a [...]

The President, on the strength of Executive Order 15, grants P500 combat-duty pay to AFP military personnel actually involved in operations against the various armed enemies of the State precisely because their line of work or assignment expose them to risk in their lives.  This seems to be rationale of P-Noy, in signing EO 15 [...]

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 [...]

At the height of his popularity in a noontime show aired by a network that has now filed charges against him, for years Willie Revillame lived down the road from my house.  He was a quiet neighbor and unlike other celebrities in the area, he was neither intrusive, noisy nor indecent. He did not act like the [...]

Okay, I won’t ask if we are morons. Let’s ‘plead’ to a lesser ‘offence’ … that of being clueless, uttlery cluelss about what’s now being peddled as the deeper reason for alleged plunderer – disgraced ex-AFP comptroller Carlos Garcia. They are saying Garcia will help finger other corrupt guys in the military. Under the law [...]

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 [...]

It escapes comprehension how a material of high legal value (sperm specimen) could be nowhere to be found.  Instead, the NBI and the RTC are pointing accusing fingers on one another as to who has custody of such a sample.  It could have provided the key to solve the case in a much brighter light [...]

The  lessons we can learn from the Vizconde massacre are:  1) that justice in the country runs so slow, 2) investigating officers are blundering fools,  3) the judges are corrupt, 4) and unlike the poor who rot in jail forever,  the rich can always seek justice though how late that justice might be, 5) that [...]