By Ade S. Fajardo The Supreme Court has affirmed with finality the dismissal of the 2025 impeachment charges against Vice President Sara Duterte. The court’s decision has been scored for “judicial overreach.” Iloilo 3rd District’s Representative Lorenz Defensor is alarmed over how the judiciary is “dictating how we interpret our session days. It bothers me …
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Impeachment Round 2 vs. VP Sara
By Ade S. Fajardo The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed fresh impeachment raps against Vice President Sara Duterte. This jumps the gun on possibly weak impeachment complaints from other parties. The move follows the Supreme Court resolution denying the motion for reconsideration filed by the House that sought the reversal of the …
When does government get extra money?
By Ade S. Fajardo According to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), unprogrammed appropriations provide standby authority to incur additional agency obligations for priority programs or projects when revenue collection exceeds targets. Money may also come in when additional grants or foreign funds are generated. These cannot be programmed in the same manner as …
Supreme Court affirms recourse vs. online sharks
By Ade S. Fajardo In a previous article, we detailed how online lenders have targeted low income earning employees who are strapped for cash and are desperate for immediate relief. Unscrupulous lenders access the borrower’s mobile phone list of contacts. They then look into the photo gallery and use private or protected images and send …
Beware of online loan sharks
By Ade S. Fajardo Online lending companies, Fast Cash Global Lending Inc., Unipeso Lending Company Inc., and Fynamics Lending Inc., have been summoned by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) over reports that they have accessed and used mobile phonebooks of their borrowers without the latter’s consent. Using data in the phones of their alleged victims, …
A way to look into bank accounts?
By Ade S. Fajardo A detainee at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, has come out with a sworn statement claiming that he is a founding member of the Inday Sara Duterte Is My President (ISIP), which was formed in 2020 in preparation for the 2022 presidential elections. Ramil Madriaga has submitted an affidavit to the …
Identifying the cyber author
By Ade S. Fajardo A man and his girlfriend had been in a relationship for three years. The romance ended when the woman became pregnant but refused to join the man in marriage. Probably realizing the man’s shortcomings by then, she decided to live with her parents. The man reacted negatively. In one visit, the …
A way to look into bank accounts?
By Ade S. Fajardo A detainee at Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig City, has come out with a sworn statement claiming that he is a founding member of the Inday Sara Duterte Is My President (ISIP), which was formed in 2020 in preparation for the 2022 presidential elections. Ramil Madriaga has submitted an affidavit to the …
Fugitives from justice
By Ade S. Fajardo In a decision rendered in late November, the Supreme Court en banc, writing through Associate Justice Samuel Gaerlan, declared that accused persons who refuse to surrender and submit to the court’s jurisdiction should not be entitled to legal remedies. This is called the “fugitive disentitlement doctrine.” A person accused of a …
Bicol express rider
By Ade S. Fajardo In its unanimous decision penned by Justice Amy Lazaro, the Supreme Court summarized the PhilHealth brouhaha as follows: On December 11, 2023, the BCC (bicameral conference committee) submitted its report to both the House of Representatives and the Senate, recommending the approval of House Bill No. 8980 which, first, reflected an …