“These afterthought nuisance charges are plain baloney. Police are either exceptionally ignorant of the law, routinely cannot understand it, or are covering up for their violations, or all of the above.”—Edre Olalia, secretary general of the National Union of People’s Lawyers
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Among the supposed accomplishments he crowed about were the decline in the crime rate and the improved peace and order situation — claims that are at least as outlandish as the allegation that economic growth and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) have benefitted the poor. On the…
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The President delivers his State of the Nation address (SONA) today besieged from all sides. Benigno S. Aquino III (BSA) is facing the worst political crisis in his career — and it appears, from the way he is scrambling to do damage control, he didn’t even see it coming.…