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Atty Josephus Jimenez
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Ayuda for the indolent from taxes of the overworked
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Since our tax system is regressive, rather than progressive, most taxpayers consider taxation as a burden, a penalty for working hard and earning more, while the lazy, the inept, the indolent, and the social parasites...
Corruption in the use of calamity funds
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 17, 2024 - 12:00am
It is Christmas time and we should all be talking about joyful things.
Till ?15.18 trillion debt do us part
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 11, 2024 - 12:00am
How can this nation grow if about one-third of its annual budget is allocated for payment of our external and domestic debt, both principal and compounded interests?
Forcibly ejecting Badjaos: unchristian and illegal
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It is the firm conviction of this column that the public officials who caused the ejection of the Badjaos against their consent committed a gross violation against the law of God and the law of man.
Sara’s “Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Fortune”
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 7, 2024 - 12:00am
As William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet: "To be, or not to be, that is the question, Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,...
Impeachment based on betrayal of public trust
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - December 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The president has already thumbed down the possible impeachment of the vice president.
Declaring nuisance candidates discriminatory
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 26, 2024 - 12:00am
No less than 117 candidates out of 187 senatorial bets had been denied their inherent right to be voted upon, simply because they are poor, and not as popular as Willy Revillame, Philip Salvador, Lito Lapid, and...
Trump's Cabinet: All neoconservative war hawks
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 21, 2024 - 12:00am
The kind of presidency that any new US leader will usher in the next four years can be easily discerned from the kind of personalities that he brings into his Cabinet.
What can Pinoys expect from the Trump presidency?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 19, 2024 - 12:00am
There are people who said that more than 200,000 TNTs (illegal Filipino immigrants) who are now hiding in many nooks and crannies in the US are cowering in fear, worried and anxious when President Donald Trump shall...
Duterte's braggadocio versus Trillanes and De Lima
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 18, 2024 - 12:00am
The whole nation was glued to the TV last week as the House Quad Committee provided the people with an effective distraction from super typhoons Nica, Ofel, and Pepito, right after the first salvo of Kristine, Leon,...
Impeachment based on betrayal of public trust
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 13, 2024 - 12:00am
Stripped of any partisan political innuendoes and sans any of the political undertones, we should explain to the people the meaning of impeachment, and the grounds specified under the Philippine Constitution, which...
The winner isn’t always the better one
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Just because Donald Trump won doesn’t mean he is the better person. The majority isn’t always right.
Can you imagine a Senate without Risa Hontiveros?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 8, 2024 - 12:00am
The best man in the Philippine Senate is a woman, and what a woman!
Duterte's testimonies under oath: admissions or confessions?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The whole nation heard and saw the many admissions made by former president Rodrigo Duterte under oath before the Senate's sub-committee last October 28, 2024. Duterte's usual bravado and macho audacious admissions...
May the better woman win in the US today
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - November 5, 2024 - 12:00am
No less than 162 million voters, out of 360 million Americans, are going to the polls today to cast their votes either for the Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris or for the Republican bet Donald Trump.
Reject all senators who voted for the POGO law
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - October 30, 2024 - 12:00am
The principal author and the main sponsor of the POGO Law, RA 11590, was Pia Cayetano, and her co-author was no other than Imee Marcos.
How do you solve a problem like Sara's?
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - October 29, 2024 - 12:00am
The vice president, by the strange words that she has just blurted out, is facing a huge, nay, gargantuan problem, in fact, many and multifaceted.
China, our ultimate geopolitical tormentor
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - October 23, 2024 - 12:00am
In the contest for geopolitical supremacy in the Asia-Pacific between America and China, the Philippines should have been more culturally, geographically, and logically aligned with China.
Of Pacquiao, Revillame, Salvador, Lapid & Revilla, et al
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - October 22, 2024 - 12:00am
The best evidence of our political system's desperate bankruptcy is the proliferation of actors, actresses, and comedians dominating our legislative and executive branches, including the local government units. The...
The exacerbation of dynasty politics
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - October 15, 2024 - 12:00am
The Filipino people have rejected family dynasties, when they ratified by overwhelming votes the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
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