Presidential allies are resorting to erroneous legal arguments to confuse the people and derail the impeachment process against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this year. But if the “technical, prejudicial questions” worked last year, it may not work this year. BY ATTY. NERI JAVIER COLMENARES COUNSELS FOR THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTIES (CODAL) Bulatlat.com Sen. Miriam Santiago’s legal…
Month: August 2006
The Simple Fact about Overpopulation
BY AMANDA GUMILA I am Amanda Gumila (amanduh_999@yahoo.com), a 2nd year college student. This is my opinion regarding the overpopulation crisis our country is currently experiencing. One does not need to be presented with results of scientific studies or with complicated statistical data in order to realize that the Philippines is already overpopulated. A simple…
Whoos – – – Bola!
Kay Remia Bonayon na nag-aantay sa kapatid niyang nasa Lebanon NI AXEL PINPIN Bulatlat.com Kung ako ay may madyik? Pumarada na sana ang Baliwag Transit At Victory Lines Sa Borders Ng Amman. Disin sana’y di naliligaw Sa gubat papuntang Jordan Si Ate Rina. Disin sana’y ligtas Bumibyahe Si Ate. Pabalik sa reyalidad Na walang oportunidad…
The Challenges of Our Times
By the Artists for the Removal of Gloria (ARREST Gloria) Bulatlat.com The country was at a standstill when Manny Pacquiao traded blows with Oscar Larios at the Araneta Coliseum last July 2. More than half the country was glued to TV sets, and even the churches admit that Mass attendance that Sunday was unusually low.…
Nursing Board Examinees Slam PRC
Complainants of the alleged leakage of the recently conducted nursing board examinations denounced the Professional Regulations Commission’s (PRC) decision to release the results even without digging deeper into the controversy. Even if most of them passed, the more than 100 are questioning the integrity of the regulations body because even as it confirmed the leakage,…
Kin of Abducted Activists Ask SC’s Help
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat.com Family members of nine missing persons filed a motion for writ of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court this morning. Among the relatives who filed the case were families of missing persons Prudencio Calubid, Rudy and Gabriel Calubad, Philip Limjoco, Leopoldo Ancheta, Rolando Porter, Celina Palma, Gloria Soco and Ariel Beloy.…
Court Asked to Suspend Rebellion Case Hearing vs ‘Batasan 6’
BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Bulatlat.com Defense lawyers of the so-called ‘Batasan 6’ militant lawmakers today asked a Makati regional trial court to suspend the hearing of rebellion charges against the six, and to first pursue probable cause for the charges. The Batasan 6 lawyers filed the two motions to suspend the hearing and to pursue…