As a first-time grandfather, I read the results of the “National Survey on Children’s Current TV Preferences” conducted by the Southeast Asian Foundation for Children’s Television with great interest and urgency. My granddaughter Julia is two-and-a-half-years old. At her age, she watches an average of 4 hours of television per day. This distresses me no … Read more
Against the majesty of the law, politics appears morally inferior. This is especially true in societies like ours where the quality of politicians often induces in citizens a desire to completely banish politics from their lives. But even if this could be done, it would not be wise to do so. Politics allows a society … Read more
The lead party of the Filipino peacekeeping mission to Iraq leaves today, June 15. The rest of the contingent, consisting of 75 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police, will follow at the end of the month. They are supposed to assist American and British forces in maintaining peace … Read more
Former senator Rene Saguisag, who is seeking the impeachment of eight justices of the Supreme Court, is quoted as saying that his aim is simply “to set the record straight,” and not necessarily to pave the way for the return of Joseph Estrada as president. He believes that by setting “the record straight,” we will … Read more
Lawyer Alan F. Paguia argues that the justices of the Supreme Court made a mistake on January 20, 2003 when they permitted Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to succeed to the presidency. There was no vacancy in the presidency, he insists, because the incumbent president, Joseph Ejercito Estrada, never resigned. The Supreme Court abused its authority. … Read more