ihnBy Ade Fajardo Senator Ronald dela Rosa dignified online babble by actually initiating a Senate investigation into the so-called “PDEA leaks,” which pertain to alleged 2012 documents that link one Bonget Marcos and one Maricel Soriano to illegal drug use. It was actually former President Rodrigo Duterte who first endorsed the rumors started by online …
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Will VP Sara hang on to DepEd?
By Ade S. Fajardo Is the President now shopping for a new Secretary of Education? First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos sent the internet abuzz this weekend when her no-holds-barred interview with Anthony Taberna was uploaded and consumed with gusto by an anticipating public. The anticipation rode on the FL’s body language indicating an intense dislike …
Marcos vs. Duterte
By Ade S. Fajardo Vice President Sara Duterte’s “no comment” on the simmering West Philippine Sea issue drew flak from certain groups, with Akbayan declaring that they are “the most traitorous two words uttered by the second highest leader of the land.” President Bongbong Marcos has defended her silence because it is “not the role …
When Duterte weaponized the law
By Ade Farjardo Last week, the Supreme Court announced its junking of Proclamation No. 572 issued by former President Rodrigo Duterte in 2018. The proclamation was declared illegal because it revokes the amnesty granted in favor of Antonio Trillanes, then a sitting senator, in violation of his basic rights under the Constitution, i.e., the right against ex …
Word war over Ayungin
By Ade S. Fajardo What is EEZ? EEZ stands for “exclusive economic zone.” Under the Unclos, or the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the EEZ is an area of the ocean extending up to 200 nautical miles, or 370 kilometers from a country’s coastal baseline. What can a country do in …
World capital of dynasties
By Ade S. Fajardo Will we agree to charter change on the condition that the new Constitution will contain a provision defining and banning political dynasties? Article 2, Section 26 of the 1987 Constitution provides that “the State shall guarantee equal access to opportunities for public service and prohibit political dynasties as may be defined …
Quiboloy scared of city jail
By Ade S. Fajardo Detainees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a public trial. But they might as well be guilty. Our detention system is among the most rotten in the world. Jail visitation is difficult for family and lawyers. Even if you don’t get inside the cells, the decay and overcrowding of facilities is …
Quiboloy’s money
By Ade S. Fajardo Controversial Pastor Apollo Quiboloy faces the following tribulations: A warrant of arrest recently unsealed by a California court, a contempt citation from the Senate that might lead to another warrant, an indictment for rape and human trafficking from the Department of Justice, and quite possibly another warrant for contempt from the House …
Cheap speech in social media
By Ade Fajardo In an en banc decision made public last week, the Supreme Court held former Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy guilty of contempt of court for red-tagging a Manila trial court judge. The judge rendered a decision in September 2022 denying a petition filed by the Department of Justice seeking a declaration that the Communist Party of …
Will Marcos stop ICC arrest warrants with a written order?
By Ade S. Fajardo Harry Roque wants President Bongbong Marcos to issue a written order that says that warrants of arrest, if ever issued by the International Criminal Court, will not be enforced or otherwise ignored by the Philippine National Police. Is this a viable option? Will the President be violating any law should he …