NO JUSTICE IN THE HIGH COURT In terms of watershed appointments in the Supreme Court, nothing beats the watch of Cory Aquino. She approximated the standard of excellence observed by her predecessors from MLQ, Sergio Osmena, down to FM. Imagine a Supreme Court without a Jose P. Laurel or a Jose Bambino Luis Reyes. JBL...
We just have concluded the 2007 elections, with some dangling participles still to be fixed. While some operators are on the job doing cosmetic surgeries, the main point man and the face of GMA, Secretary Mike Defensor, has just conceded. The gesture has let off some steam and might look like a telegraphic directive on...
Soon the euphoria of victory is finally in its death throes. The surge of supporters claiming paternity to the poll success is now trickling in and may soon dry up. The hangover has taken over, and the adrenaline is no longer there. It is now getting down to serious business. Mayors and Governors are local...
What purports to be the crème de la crème of Philippine media was there ready to clinically dissect the Senate pretenders. It was the much ballyhooed ISANG TANONG, a brainchild of GMA 7, one of the two highly successful private TV behemoths, the other being ABS-CBN. While it looks like a painful social corporate project...
It has been 180 days ago since the road show began. And now after the day of vote casting, we begin the painful stage of counting. The wooing as journey was an event in itself, surpassing the destination of choosing. But in the counting we have the freebie of some catharsis. We root for some...
In all his auto bios, Diosdado Macapagal was portrayed as a statesman. No problem with that except that when he ran as president of the 1971 Constitutional Convention, he sought the push of the sitting President, Ferdinand Marcos. It was a fight between him and his 1961 routed political rival, Carlos P. Garcia. But Garcia...
Now that we’re passed the deadline for filing the certificates of intention for senators, now the list of the wannabes is out. So far, we have some 30 or less individuals who have some fighting chance in the next elections. Majority of these senatorial bets are professional politicians, i.e., with name recall, they rely on...
TIBURCIO, my paternal grandfather was an only child, an unico hijo. His father Ciriaco was a livestock trader and was known more in Lopez than in Calauag. He roamed the whole of South Quezon practically on foot buying cows, carabaos, goats, and horses. He brought his herd to Padre Garcia in Batangas to be sold...
LUCENA CITY – The first political salvo in Quezon province has been fired last Thursday with the open and formal declaration of a political team-up between Quezon 1st District Rep. Rafael Nantes and former Quezon Gov. Eduardo Rodriguez to run as provincial governor and vice governor in the forthcoming May elections this year. The declaration...
Before Ferdinand Marcos, law firms have been here attending to the myriad legal or otherwise mundane needs of their clients. There was a difference then however. Law firms of yore worked within the parameters of morality first, and the legality second. The bottom line then was not the fat bill attendant to the problem, but...
CANDELARIA, QUEZON – A bamboo nursery and propagation was launched in Bgy. Masalukot 2 Friday in a bid to alleviate poverty and enhance livelihood opportunities of residents here. Ed Manda, presidential adviser of region 4-A and 4-B and Dr. Romualdo Sta. Ana, president of the Phil. Bamboo Foundation Inc. personally came on Friday for the...
LUCENA CITY – A former Quezon provincial board member asked the Ombudsman to conduct an investigation into the controversial P700 million Quezon Medical Center (QMC) here and sought the preventive suspension of Gov. Wilfrido Enverga in connection with its anomalous construction. “The amount of P700 million is not paltry. In a rigged bidding, the beneficiaries...
