I can’t help but feel that it was all scripted.

On Monday, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and his protégée, Senate President pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, exhorted the Defense to present impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona before the Senate Impeachment Court. The Defense heeded their exhortation...

Everybody says Batanes province is beautiful, even those who’ve never been there. Our idea of the place has been shaped by popular images of steep, picturesque cliffs meeting the pounding surf.   First time visitors therefore have high expectations. And I venture to say that they are never disappointe...

Since the impeachment proceedings began last year, the prosecutors and the public have wanted nothing more than for Chief Justice Renato Corona to personally answer the allegations against him.

The million dollar and peso question

The million dollar question (in this case, the dollar and peso deposits...

Why the airports are NOT more fun in the Philippines

Traveling is supposed to be fun and exciting, not stressful and irritating. However, if you have a flight going in and out of any airport in the country, you’re sure to experience a whole new level of irritation in dealing with the chaos and pandem...

By consistently rejecting the labor’ clamor for P125-legislated wage increase, President [[Benigno Aquino III]] is making two things clear: One, he doesn’t really know how to count the total number of private sector wage earners in the country. Two, he wants Filipino workers to race with other Southea...

Some lawmakers in Manila are  upset with American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s declaration that the United States does not take sides in the territorial disputes in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China. They should know, however, that a declaration of American neutrality in te...

When China prevented the Philippines from apprehending illegal Chinese poachers caught pilfering endangered marine life in the Scarborough Shoal — in clear violation of Philippine and international laws— it probably thought that the militarily-weak Philippines would meekly submit and call it a day. Bu...

Youth groups held a protest in front of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) yesterday as the commission announced its approval of a new round of tuition and other fee increases for school year 2012-2013. According to CHED, as much as 256 higher education institutions are set to increase tuition rat...

Finally some good news from the Aquino administration! President Aquino formally launched his flagship education program Kindergarten to Year 12 Program , or the K to 12 Program yesterday.

This is a concrete step to address the much needed improvements that are sorely needed to improve our basic educatio...