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Atty Josephus B Jimenez
Atty Josephus B Jimenez
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Partylist solons who voted for and against the impeachment
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - June 4, 2026 - 12:00am
Of the 67 partylist representatives, 47 voted yes in support of the Articles of Incorporation, and only 20 either opposed, abstained or absented themselves on the day of the voting.
The court acquittals in 2025
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - December 19, 2025 - 12:00am
Whenever a court decides to acquit an accused, it does not necessarily mean that he is innocent.
Congressmen and senators: Congenital liars or plain simpletons?
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - November 13, 2025 - 12:00am
Even after Typhoon Tino, the congenital liars among our politicians persist in their hackneyed and outworn PR line that they do not know about the flood control projects in their own districts.
The four horsemen of the flood control apocalypse
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - September 18, 2025 - 12:00am
We all know that the apocalypse, as described in the Book of the Revelation, is the final, complete and total destruction of the world.
BBM to grafters: "Shame On You"
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - August 7, 2025 - 12:00am
The climax of the president's fourth SONA, and the one I liked most, although I really do not believe its sincerity, was when President BBM called out all grafters in government and their cohorts, who are contractors...
One for the Guinness: The siblings' Senate
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - July 24, 2025 - 12:00am
Once the Twentieth Senate convenes on July 28, the whole nation will see the spectacle of four sets of siblings: senators Jinggoy and JV, senators Raffy and Erwin, (Ben could have been the third) senators Pia and...
The Gwen Garcia's huge defeat: The whys and wherefores
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - May 15, 2025 - 12:00am
In the same manner that Governor Gwen Garcia made Ace Durano "eat the dust" in 2022, this time, Pam Baricuatro who never held any elective post before and who did not have a single mayor and a single congressman...
The importance of returning to the Rome Statute
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - March 20, 2025 - 12:00am
Only nations ruled by dictators and tyrants would want to stay away from the only treaty-based International Criminal Court now supported by more than 130 civilized countries.
May 12 polls, the tyranny of number
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - February 28, 2025 - 12:00am
The May 12, 2025 midterm polls shall be decided by Luzon alone.
Incompetent Senate bets should be ashamed of themselves
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - August 1, 2024 - 12:00am
The greatest problem about the next Philippine Senate is that incompetence packaged by popularity is more likely to prevail over credentials and excellence in qualifications and character.
Why would Cebu be interested in Vladivostok?
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - September 17, 2023 - 12:00am
Some people do not understand the mind of Mayor Mike Rama.
The rising cost of quality education
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - June 14, 2014 - 12:00am
It is crying time again, not just for young boys and girls entering kindergarten but for parents who can barely afford the rising cost of education.
The World Economic Forum: Impact on Filipino workers
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - May 24, 2014 - 12:00am
Every time the Philippines hosts or attends a global or regional conference, the government always sees it as a positive step towards our country's competitive and cooperative position relative to other countries...
Going to Malaysia for the ASEAN integration
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - May 17, 2014 - 12:00am
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur. With the ASEAN INTEGRATION a matter of about six months hence, this columnist is here in Malaysia this whole week in order to spread the news of the Philippine private sector initiative to...
Latest Supreme Court decisions on labor issues
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - May 12, 2014 - 12:00am
These are exciting times, and some very interesting developments are unfolding in our legal and labor relations systems.
Philippine labor cases involving expatriates
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - May 5, 2014 - 12:00am
Equal justice for all personnel and workers are guaranteed to all foreign workers and expatriates in this country.
Employees' liability for air and sea disasters
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - April 26, 2014 - 12:00am
With almost two months having lapsed, and still without a trace of the wreckage of that Malaysian air disaster, and with almost two weeks now past that unfortunate Korean ferry disaster, questions are being asked...
Graduates, bewareof illegal recruiters and traffickers
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - April 3, 2014 - 12:00am
In the jungles called job markets are lurking many predators that are poised to attack new graduates with merciless ferocity.
We should stop deploying domestic helpers abroad
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - March 29, 2014 - 12:00am
Whether we call them household service workers or simply maids, the name does not matter. What matters most is that these Filipino migrant workers are the most vulnerable, the most unprotected, the most rampant victims...
Labor problems in govt, the police, and military
by Atty Josephus B Jimenez - March 23, 2014 - 12:00am
The controversial transfer of a career police official to Central Visayas a week after he arrested a big-time fugitive of justice, the highly questionable sacking of a topnotch PMA cadet (who is considered an employee...
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