Come To Think Of It

By Ade S. Fajardo   The House of Representatives quadruple committees investigating the Duterte war on drugs will reportedly reconvene today. Congress will probe further into the drug smuggling activities that were allowed during the previous administration, and hopefully uncover the sheer hypocrisy beneath its law-and-order platform that resulted in tens of thousands of mindless deaths …

By Ade S. Fajardo Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to enjoin the Senate from convening as an impeachment body and hearing the articles against her. It is in her favor that the Senate has not held a caucus to discuss the elephant in the room, i.e., that when they were elected …

By Ade S. Fajardo Politicians have started airing campaign jingles whose melodies are familiar and easy to follow. The familiar tunes are copied from the popular work of artists who worked on them using their intellect and emotions, and obviously without politicians in mind. There would be no problem if the campaign jingle is composed …

By Ade S. Fajardo Vice President Sara Duterte has asked the Supreme Court to enjoin the Senate from convening as an impeachment body and hearing the articles against her. It is in her favor that the Senate has not held a caucus to discuss the elephant in the room, i.e., that when they were elected …

By Ade S. Fajardo On Valentine’s Day, lawyer Catalino Gerenillo, Jr. filed a petition for mandamus with the Supreme Court seeking a writ to compel the Senate to proceed “forthwith” with the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. The petitioner cites Article 11, Section 3.1 of the Constitution which states that “in case the …

By Ade S. Fajardo The Senate has given Vice President Sara Duterte some sort of a breather by not immediately convening as a trial court to hear the articles of impeachment leveled against her by the House of Representatives. This affords substantial time to prepare her answer, much more than the limited period stipulated in …

By Ade S. Fajardo Senators are very busy people. Their hands are full complying with the constitutional mandate to legislate. They are also politicians who hobnob with people day in and day out. Time is easily lost to meetings and public functions, oftentimes at the expense of family and friends. One may say a senator’s …

By Ade S. Fajardo What will it mean for the people of Antique when 7,000 hectares of contiguous mountains in southern Antique are declared a mineral reservation area? The Philippine Mining Act allows the director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau to recommend to the President the establishment of mineral reservations “when the national interest …

By Ade S. Fajardo   The House of Representatives quadruple committees investigating the Duterte war on drugs will reportedly reconvene today. Congress will probe further into the drug smuggling activities that were allowed during the previous administration, and hopefully uncover the sheer hypocrisy beneath its law-and-order platform that resulted in tens of thousands of mindless …

By Ade S. Fajardo Politicians have started airing campaign jingles whose melodies are familiar and easy to follow. The familiar tunes are copied from the popular work of artists who worked on them using their intellect and emotions, and obviously without politicians in mind. There would be no problem if the campaign jingle is composed …