MANILA Crimes involving cops themselves have been rampant here lately. President Benigno Aquino III must order Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and National Police Chief Alan Purisima to crack down on erring policemen. High-profile crimes involving police reveal a loose sense of duty and a faulty understanding of their responsibilities. It makes one wonder about their training, how rigid it… Read More »
Hi Atty. Wong , my name is Tessie and I’m from Seattle, Washington. Our mother migrated and lived here in Seattle for about 8 years and also died here in Seattle. We are at the present time trying to transfer the title of the land that our deceased mother bought in the Philippines. We are actually on the… Read More »
MANILA Opinion surveys here show that Vice President Jojo Binay is polling around 40 percent of people asked about their preference for president in 2016. That could be enough to get him to the presidential palace. In a muticandidate presidential election, 40 percent could be Binay’s winning ticket. President Benigno Aquino III won 42 percent of the vote… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGL) – If the Philippine corridors of power are populated by relatives by blood or affinity, it is not surprising. The pre-colonial Philippines was ruled by royalties and nobilities, like lakans, datus and mighty warriors, when laws of the jungle were supreme. The matter of succession was interrupted only by the arrivals of Spaniards and Americans. Despite… Read More »
Co-workers at the set of the TV series Ikaw Lamang, have observed something of a romantic air seems tapping Coco Martin and KC Concepcion. Much more so when Coco declared in an interview that he’s attracted to KC, wants to know her better as a private person. Albeit he didn’t confide he would be wowing KC, that’s the… Read More »
Shortly before being proclaimed the official winner of the 2010 presidential elections, then Senator Benigno S. Aquino III reaffirmed his campaign promise – that his administration would make the passage of the Freedom of Information bill its priority. Aquino has obviously been taking the people, whom he proclaims to be his “bosses” for a ride because four… Read More »
normally, the sight of one shark, much less hundreds of them would spark panic and scare among the people in the beach. The leopard sharks in La Jolla California, sparks a. different reaction instead of running away for their lives, visitors here head out toward the deeper water to get a closer look. For those who get… Read More »
It’s obvious President Aquino is not about to give up his pork barrel or take his humiliation on the legality of his Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) sitting down. Stopped by the Supreme Court in two unanimous decisions from continuing to disburse funds without congressional authorization using two pork barrel programs – the Priority Development Assistance Program (PDAF)… Read More »
MANILA There’s deadly conflict in many parts of the world. People are killing each other with extreme prejudice. It seems wherever one looks on the global map, there’s fighting of varying intensity. There’s a lot of hatred, a lot of distrust, and a lot of anger. Most frighteningly, there’s a lot of bloodshed. The current hot… Read More »
CHICAGO (JGL) – The Philippine Supreme Court has a message to at least two senators, who were “unaware of the existence and implementation of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP)” during the impeachment proceedings of Chief Justice Renato Corona: speak now or forever hold your peace! In an obiter dictum, the unanimous Supreme Court ruling (Maria Carolina P. Araullo,… Read More »