There are existing proposals in both chambers for a right of reply. In essence, the right of reply means that all persons who are accused directly or indirectly of committing or having committed or of intending to commit any crime or offense defined by law or are criticized by innuendo, suggestion or rumor for any [...]

You may be aware that out of the 15 Supreme Court justices, 12 were appointees of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. There’s nothing wrong with that, considering that the President has the constitutional duty to appoint Supreme Court justices.

Today, the Supreme Court issued its decision on the the Memorandum of Agreement on the Ancestral Domain Aspect (MOA-AD) of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Tripoli Agreement on Peace of 2001 (The Province of North Cotabato vs. Republic, 14 October 2008, GR Nos. 183591, 183572, 183893, and [...]

The creation of Shariff Kabunsuan, a new province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), is unconstitutional. This is the ruling of the Supreme Court in Bai Sandra Sema vs. COMELEC and Didagen Dilangalen (G.R. No. 177597, 16 July 2008).

As reported in BBC News, the United States Supreme Court stopped the execution of a death convict, pending a determination if the chemicals to be used in the execution would cause pain (based on the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment). The challenge, however, is not based on the argument that the death penalty [...]

The headlines these past days have been all about rice. I know rice, and not simply because I don’t feel satisfied eating without rice, just like any Filipino. Many years ago, while growing up in the province, I would walk the pilapil of rice paddies with ease, something which would probably come in handy when [...]

We asked our readers in a previous poll if they felt any economic improvement in their respective lives. The poll question relates to the commercial wherein businessmen and ordinary workers are saying “Ramdam ko ang Pag-Asenso” (roughly translated as “I can feel the progress”, but please feel free to suggest a better translation).

Our discussion board centered on an article entitled “A Cry From the Heart“Beruhmte casino gaming. (Gemma Dimaculangan, ABS CBN Online News). Someone begged to disagree with the points raised in the article, ending his discussion with these lines:

In 2006, the United Nations (UN) High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (HLCLEP) together with Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – Asia (ESCR-Asia), and key government agencies jumpstarted the national process on generating social dialogue and discourse on the issue of poverty and exclusion. More specifically, the project revolved around four major [...]

There’s a radio commentary discussing the possible effect of the pending complaints filed with the Office of the Ombudsman on the Senate hearings in connection with the aborted $329-million national broadband network (NBN) deal with China’s ZTE Corp., with Rodolfo Noel “Jun” Lozada, Jr. as the central witness.