By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The overriding and unstated premise in the controversy over the “constitutional crisis” provoked by the Supreme Court order allowing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former First Gentleman Miguel Arroyo to travel abroad and the Justice Secretary’s insistence on barring them from leaving on the basis of a departmental “watch…
Day: November 26, 2011
Photo of the week: Panata’y ipagtanggol ang kalikasan
An elderly Igorot in a protest action against foreign mining in Nueva Vizcaya. Photo by Clemente Bautista (Bulatlat.com)
P-Noy, SC can both be blamed for GMA drama
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This piece was written before the Supreme Court held a special en banc session yesterday to hear the oral arguments on various pleadings pertaining to the Justice Department order stopping Gloria M. Arroyo from travelling abroad and the Tribunal’s issuance of a temporary restraining…
Street Shooter: De mano
Two construction workers use buckets to drain a government road repair project of unwanted floodwater instead of a more efficient mechanized water pump. Habitually done during typhoon seasons Philippine public works are slow to complete but quick to deteriorate. (Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City)