Come To Think Of It

By Ade S. Fajardo Former Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno was targeted for impeachment in August 2017, or a little more than one year after Rodrigo Roa Duterte ascended to the presidency. The impeachment complaint against Sereno was anchored on her supposed failure to file certain statements of net worth (SALN) when she was a …

By Ade S. Fajardo Reception of evidence on the impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte will commence tomorrow. It is all systems go for House of Representatives Committee on Justice chair and Batangas Representative Gerville Luistro, after her panel declared the two petitions lodged against Duterte “sufficient in grounds.” There will be three more …

By Ade S. Fajardo Last February 4, the Commission on Appointments (CA) had a hearing on the ad-interim appointment of 35 senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. In that hearing, Senator Rodante Marcoleta proposed to give up the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) because its features are outside the Philippine exclusive economic zone. …

By Ade S. Fajardo   Thinking of harming someone without actually doing it does not amount to a crime. Representative Bong Suntay has advanced this defense of Vice President Sara Duterte when she made threats against the life of the President, the First Lady and the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. Suntay said, …

By Ade S. Fajardo Was that a grudge list? The joint affidavit of an assortment of 18 people, mostly dishonorably discharged personnel of the Philippine Marines, identified some personalities as potential witnesses in the anticipated trial of former President Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court. Digital copies were circulated online after a press conference …

By Ade S. Fajardo The International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber began the four-day confirmation of charges hearing for former President Rodrigo Duterte. The world knows that Duterte is set to face trial in the crimes against humanity charges linked to his government’s anti-drug campaign. This is alleged to be a national amplification of the …

By Ade S. Fajardo In September last year, former Police Colonel Royina Garma, who earned her spurs as a policewoman in Davao City, was reported to have been meeting with International Criminal Court (ICC) officials in Malaysia. She was then supposedly being considered as a potential witness in the ongoing prosecution for “crimes against humanity” …

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 …

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 …

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 …