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Atty Josephus B Jimenez
Atty Josephus B Jimenez
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Why BBM won't dare to fire Sec. Frasco?
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - February 12, 2026 - 12:00am
It would be a big political blunder for President BBM to remove DOT Secretary Cristina Frasco from the Cabinet.
Osmeña v. Garganera on garbage management
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - January 26, 2026 - 12:00am
The recent move to reopen the Inayawan landfill to replace the Binaliw landfill should remind us about the constant balancing act of governance between development and environment. J
Cebu's congressional districts: unequal divisions
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - January 12, 2026 - 12:00am
I thought that Cebu's seven congressional districts prior to the 1987 Constitution were more equitable and reasonable geographic divisions, but life is never equal and politicians tend to exacerbate inequality,...
The PhilHealth fiasco
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - December 15, 2025 - 12:00am
In a system of checks and balance, the Supreme Court has asserted its power to call out both the executive and the legislative branches for violating the Constitution by irregularly taking out the PhilHealth fund...
Pearl Harbor and China's possible attack
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - December 8, 2025 - 12:00am
Today, on the solemnity of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, we recall the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan.
Where in the world is the town of Malabuyoc?
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - October 2, 2025 - 12:00am
Of the total flood control allocation for Cebu, which was no less than P25.521 billion (with a big B, not M), no less than about one-half or 12.06 billion were specifically allocated for the favored seventh district...
Fiesta de Ronda
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - September 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Shoutout to all Rondahanons all over the world. Today is the solemnity of the fiesta of Mater Dolorosa, Our Lady of Sorrows, in the happy and passionate town of Ronda.
Prosecute all involved government officials first
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - August 25, 2025 - 12:00am
Or better still, simultaneously.
Senator-judges travelling abroad with impeached officials
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - June 30, 2025 - 12:00am
It isn’t enough that judges are imbued with propriety. Their behavior must at all times be proper. It isn’t enough that they are impartial
How can you be lawmakers if you don't know the law?
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - June 26, 2025 - 12:00am
Is it undemocratic to require that all lawmakers should at least be knowledgeable of law and lawmaking? The way a comedy of errors is unfolding in the current impeachment proceedings, the argument that legislators...
Is PhilHealth the most mismanaged government agency?
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - April 12, 2025 - 12:00am
Many of us who followed the avalanche of difficult questioning by Supreme Court Associate Justices Amy Lazaro-Javier of the solicitor general, the government corporate counsel, and its senior vice president, must...
BBM's senatorial bets, all from Luzon
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - October 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Is the Bagong Filipinas only a Republic of Luzon?
The Senate political realignment, a stronger opposition
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - May 29, 2024 - 12:00am
Now that the die has been cast, the true colors of the senators have been exposed.
Revise, reform, or repeal the Labor Code
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - May 1, 2024 - 12:00am
The Labor Code, Presidential Decree 442, is 50 years old. The Constitution of 1973 has already been repealed by the 1987 Charter. The Labor Code of 1974 is now anachronistic, out-of-place,
Cha-cha’s perilous steps
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - February 17, 2024 - 12:00am
A new coalition, the Koalisyon Laban sa Cha-Cha, has been formed to oppose proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution
The Philippines: Top in fertility rate, low in quality of life
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - December 2, 2023 - 12:00am
The planet's lands are shrinking due to climate change.
The unceremonious ouster of deputy speakers GMA and Ungab
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - November 13, 2023 - 12:00am
You should know by now that all is not well between the Marcoses and the Dutertes. =
Typhoons should have already taught us wisdom
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - August 2, 2023 - 12:00am
Since the time of Lapu-Lapu, the Philippines has always been hit by typhoons, storms, and hurricanes.
Our problem is The Labor Code
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - July 30, 2023 - 12:00am
This is 2023. Hello! Our Labor Code is vintage 1974.
Why more than 97% flunked labor laws
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - April 16, 2013 - 12:00am
It's Bar Review season once again.
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