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The following is the full text, including the actual document (PDF), of Proclamation No. 1959: Proclaiming a State of Martial Law and Suspending the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus in the province of Maguindanao, except for Certain Areas. PDF DOCUMENT: Proclamation 1959 (Martial Law in Maguindanao) Proclamation No. 1959 PROCLAIMING A STATE OF [...]
(Updated 12:51am, Saturday November 28) The Maguindanao Massacre, with a death toll of 64 at the time of this writing, has once again put Mindanao on the national spotlight, and even in the international spotlight. With the death of members of a political family, including lawyers, and members of media, this tragedy has not only [...]
The devastation wreaked by cyclone Ondoy this weekend hit close to home. It impacted our immediate families and circle of friends, and it disrupted that sense of “normalcy” that the latte-sipping classes of Manila had grown accustomed to. I cited in a previous blog article how the flashfloods and mudslides that killed 5,000 in Ormoc [...]
Here’s a quick status update on our efforts to come up with a manifesto on what “The Filipino” stands for which we started a while back. Last time I explored the topic, I had two catchphrases that, at the time, I thought pretty much made a comprehensive and exhaustive coverage of what it means to [...]
Fr. Bernas, in his column today (Inquirer August 24 issue) raised very interesting points on the subject of reapportionment of congressional districts by citing how the Court in 1961 ruled against Republic Act No. 3040 has having ‘infringed the Constitution and is therefore void’. According to Bernas, the Supreme Court has to approach apportionment based [...]
MANILA (Reuters) – The youngest daughter of former Philippine president Corazon Aquino said on Sunday her family had differences with the government, one reason why they had decided against a state funeral for the former leader. Film and television star Kristina Bernadette Yap, popularly known as Kris Aquino, said there was an offer from the [...]
All four of them – as representatives from the Philippine Navy, the Philippine Army, the Philippine Air Force and the Philippine National Police stood no less than eight hours in “attention” while the hearse of the late President Corazon Aquino is being carried on board a makeshift 10-wheeler truck covered with a huge bed of [...]
In yesterday’s headline of the Inquirer, Social Weather Station came out once again with the latest (dis)satisfaction rating of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. This means that at 54% to 55%, her grading card remains ‘virtually unchanged’. Let us touch on the highlights of this latest scoreboard quickly: One, GMA earns negative ratings in all sectors [...]
With the winds of uncertainty blowing everywhere, here are my random thoughts on a scheme and scene not few now know as the Con Ass (Constituent Assembly) and what the unfolding scenario would really be, to wit: 1. History, can only reveal in the future, what really happened that night on 2nd of June 2009, [...]
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