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Pleasing everybody. . . and nobody!
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - July 13, 2006 - 12:00am
The reaction to the latest pastoral letter of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on impeachment and Charter change was, to say the least, mixed. In some quarters it was actually one of utter...
The Church and impeachment
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - July 8, 2006 - 12:00am
It would have been much neater if Pope Benedict’s encyclical letter Deus Caritas Est ("God is Love") clearly and unambiguously laid down the role of the Catholic Church in the impeachment process....
Pacman could’ve, should’ve, knocked him out
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - July 4, 2006 - 12:00am
I agree wholeheartedly with Manong Max. While the whole nation celebrates the shellacking the People’s Champ, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, dealt Oscar "Chololo" Larios, many were disappointed...
The clarity of the Church
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - July 1, 2006 - 12:00am
I had always thought that those who accused Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iniguez of engaging in partisan political activity when he filed that impeachment case against GMA were afflicted with serious cases of foot-in-mouth...
Real budgetary priorities
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 27, 2006 - 12:00am
GMA’s bout with gastro-enteritis, complicated by stress and fatigue brought about by a largely self-imposed punishing pace of work, brings to mind more serious medical afflictions which the government has neglected...
Public money well spent
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 24, 2006 - 12:00am
Today I depart from that heavy diet of political issues which leaves many of us with indigestion. But since we’ve all got stomachs made of granite, and we don’t follow schedules as punishing as that of...
DepEd sex ed
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 22, 2006 - 12:00am
As expected, the Department of Education caved in to pressures applied by the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines and shelved its planned sex education program for public high schools. The CBCP had complained...
School enrollments dropping
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 20, 2006 - 12:00am
Information is now surfacing that enrollments in private and public schools have dropped alarmingly this year. In addition to nationwide shortages of teachers and shortages of classrooms, parents are now also experiencing...
Constitutional warrior?
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 17, 2006 - 12:00am
That would be former President Fidel V. Ramos, according to Charter Change Advocacy Commission chairman Lito Monico Lorenzana. I gather that by conferring that nom-de-guerre on FVR, Lito means that the still politically...
Life breaking out of death
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 13, 2006 - 12:00am
My brother-in-law, Atty. Rolando F. "Dondon" del Castillo, passed away suddenly in the early morning hours of last Friday the 9th. He died at his law office desk, working overtime on a pleading that had...
Knee-jerking on the death penalty
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 8, 2006 - 12:00am
When Republic Act No. 7659 was approved "way back" in December 1993, the Congress explained its re-imposition of the death penalty in the law’s preambular or "whereas" clauses. In soaring...
Wage policy
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 6, 2006 - 12:00am
The four-cornered dustup over the House approval of a bill granting a legislated P125 across-the-board increase in workers’ wages nationwide, payable over three years, proves one thing: The government wage policy...
Probable cause
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 3, 2006 - 12:00am
In at least two cases this past week, the concept of "probable cause" has been in the headlines, in the context of a court refusing to dismiss a case and resolving to proceed with it and move to arraignment,...
Stress
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - June 1, 2006 - 12:00am
Labor Secretary Pat. Sto. Tomas has resigned her position, citing the stressful environment and workload of her job. She craves surcease and would like the chance to smell the flowers, to spend more time with her...
Exercise in futility
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - May 27, 2006 - 12:00am
Earlier this week, a jolly group of senators and congressmen met amid the green fields of the Manila Polo Club, determined to be polite and pleasant to each other, having decided to cease and desist from mutual snapping...
Da Vinci, the movie, decoded
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - May 25, 2006 - 12:00am
I read the book. I’ve seen the movie. My view: The sound and fury surrounding The Da Vinci Code, the movie, signified, if not quite nothing, certainly very little. It was, I thought, a good movie, not an outstanding...
Overstaying naval officers
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - May 20, 2006 - 12:00am
Thank Heaven for Freddie Roach! The no-nonsense head trainer of Manny Pacquiao is credited with "knocking some sense" into the head of the obviously distracted Filipino World Boxing Council super-featherweight...
Negative campaigns and governance
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - May 13, 2006 - 12:00am
In past columns, we’ve made the somewhat obvious point that elections do not exhaust the meaning or substance of democracy. However, this obvious point is lost on those who insist that our democracy "flourishes"...
A foregone conclusion
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - May 9, 2006 - 12:00am
I was in Singapore this past weekend when parliamentary elections were held in the city-state. It was the first general election for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Lee Kuan Yew’s son and designated heir, since...
The demonization of 1017
by MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. - May 6, 2006 - 12:00am
Somehow, we all knew it was coming. If only the President’s legal and political advisers had exercised sober professional judgment. If only these advisers had ignored those mindless hecklers on the sidelines....
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