“Follow Gen. Lim’s example. Be real officers and gentlemen.” This was the challenge issued by Belle Enriquez, Official Spokesperson of detained Brigadier General to the Armed Forces of the Philippines concerning the detention of 43 health workers suspected by the military of being members of the New People’s Army (NPA). In a statement, Enriquez said the captors [...]

If we expect things to normalize after the May 10, 2010 elections, let me give you a very straight forward answer–it will not. The next six years of the new administration will be about re-building our damaged democratic institutions. It will be about restoration and modernization of old institutions. If we expect to eradicate poverty, as [...]

Why is it very important for the Arroyo power bloc to give Lilia Pineda a win over Panlilio, when the very palace resident herself supported Panlilio’s run against the Pinedas? What does this mean anyway? Pineda’s win shows a strategic shift of policy by the Arroyos, from enacting a policy of political tolerance and encouraging new [...]

And so the ending turned out to be just a numbers game. And what was betted upon was no petty sum. They actually gambled the very essence of democracy and what it really means when we say “clean elections”. The Comelec second division yesterday declared Lilia “Nanay Baby” Pineda, winner by a breath against Priest-turned-politician Ed [...]