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 …
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Politicians warned against illegal use of jingle melodies
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 …
Identity theft?
By Ade S. Fajardo Documents seen online seem to indicate that current Senate frontrunner Erwin Tulfo may have falsely represented himself as an American citizen after assuming the identity of one Erich Sylvester Tulfo. A letter purportedly emanating from the US embassy concluded that Tulfo obtained a US birth certificate by “fraudulent means” because it …
Lessons learned from Marikina disqualification case?
By Ade S. Fajardo The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has canceled the certificate of candidacy filed by Marikina City Mayor Marcelino Teodoro who now aspires to be congressman representing the city’s first district. The poll body ruled that Teodoro misrepresented his place of residence when he said he has transferred his residence back to a …
What Digong forgot
By Ade S. Fajardo Several columns ago, we mentioned that there exists a law that mirrors the provisions of the Rome Statute. In December 2009, the Philippines enacted Republic Act 9851, otherwise known as “the Philippine act on crimes against international humanitarian law, genocide and other crimes against humanity.” It anticipated the possibility that the …
Enough time for Senate to render judgment?
By Ade S. Fajardo As this is being written, the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives is said to be in a race to convince at least 106 signatories to the impeachment complaint it submitted to the secretary general last week to unseat Vice President Sara Duterte. The target date to complete the signatures …
Strengthening community-based interventions against HIV
By Ade Fajardo The steady rise in HIV cases in Iloilo province has become a cause for alarm, particularly in municipalities identified as hotspots. Areas like Pavia, Oton and Pototan, among others, have emerged as epicenters of new infections, with 223 fresh cases recorded from January to September 2024 alone. This calls for targeted and …
Legal problems wrought by Mary Grace Piattos
By Ade S. Fajardo A pending plunder case is not enough to unseat the Vice President. The reason why Akbayan and other groups filed an impeachment complaint against her. Plunder would manacle her though in many ways. The VP will need to assemble and spend for a crack legal team that will try to have …
Problems that will go away when Sara assumes the presidency
By Ade S. Fajardo The other day, the Vice President reversed herself and said her threats against the President and his family are not real. It is more like “revenge from the grave.” Was she trying to dodge prosecution for grave threats, at the very least? She added that she could think of no benefit to …
What is Duterte hiding in his bank?
BY ADE S. FAJARDO Former President Rodrigo Duterte had bragged that he was willing to waive the protective provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act and allow the Quad Com of the House of Representatives to look at entries to his deposits with the Bank of the Philippine Islands in Pasig. But as the hearing wore …