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WHAT MATTERS MOST
Protocols 101 for senators and senatoriables
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 12, 2024 - 12:00am
It disgusts me as a Filipino, and even exasperates my guts to see that I am living in a country where many highly placed public officials, despite their lofty positions, still do not know the fundamentals on how...
Congressional investigations: the good things and the bad
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Both houses of Congress, more than the executive and the judiciary, are giving more than enough information to the public on such important issues that have direct bearing on the lives of citizens and the whole nation....
Imee vs Sara vs Risa in 2028
by Josephus Jimenez - September 5, 2024 - 12:00am
It should have been Martin Romualdez for President in 2028 but his numbers in the polls never improved.
Las Piñas, Taguig, and San Juan: A tale of 3 tiny cities
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - September 4, 2024 - 12:00am
The total land area of the three cities of Las Piñas, Taguig, and San Juan constitutes less than 1% of the total national territory of the whole republic and yet they command six of the 24 senators or 25%...
BBM's Senate Bets and Duterte's Choices: Same bananas
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - September 3, 2024 - 12:00am
The situation is still fluid and there may be some changes here and there, but we have it right from the horses' mouth that the administration rainbow coalition has come up with a list of the president's choice...
VP Sara before the House of her "friends"
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Appearing alone before the House of Representatives on August 27, 2024 in order to defend the budget of the Office of the Vice President was an act of extraordinary bravery on the part of Vice President Sara Duterte...
3 major challenges against the justice system: Quiboloy, Guo and Teves
by Josephus Jimenez - August 29, 2024 - 12:00am
The government is being tested on its ability to uphold the administration of justice by three major challenges being posed by high-profile fugitives of justice: Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Mayor Alice Guo and not to...
US presidential elections, decided on issues, not personalities
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike most of the elections in our country, the US presidential polls are usually decided principally on the basis of issues and only secondarily based on the personalities of the contenders.
Limits on Congressional contempt powers
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 27, 2024 - 12:00am
There is no question that both the Senate and the House have general and wide powers to conduct investigation in aid of legislation. But the fundamental rights of resource persons appearing before the specific committees...
Liberal Party, the true opposition
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The PDP Laban under the leadership of former president Rodrigo Duterte and by logical expectation also of Vice President Sara Duterte Carpio, is not and cannot claim that it is the genuine opposition.
China's gifts to Phl: gambling, drugs, and landgrabbing
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 20, 2024 - 12:00am
History tells us that Spain gifted the Philippines with the Christian faith, along with its discovery of the islands for the Western World.
Between Democrats and Republicans, palpable divergences
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike here in our country, where we do not find any distinction among various political parties, in the US, the differences between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party are very clear, distinctive, palpable,...
The 5 Ms for winning an election
by Josephus Jimenez - August 15, 2024 - 12:00am
Confidentially, this writer had been involved in the think tanks of some past campaigns, formulating strategies of a number of national and local electoral contests in the last 20 years.
Times for trapos' tactical turncoatism
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 13, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike the Americans who are born Democrats or Republicans, live as such permanently, and die under the same party, Filipino traditional politicians change their party affiliations as often as they change their T-shirts....
A woman of color: new hope for America
by Leo Lastimosa - August 12, 2024 - 12:00am
The call of the time is diversity, inclusiveness, and equal opportunity.
Education and religion: The Ebralinag Case
by Josephus Jimenez - August 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Now that classes are open, it is imperative that both school administrators and classroom teachers should know the scope as well as the limits of their authority over schoolchildren.
Church and state on politics: Diocese of Bacolod vs Comelec
by Josephus Jimenez - August 8, 2024 - 12:00am
My class in Constitutional Law is holding a series of Oregon style debates on the Proposition:
Osmeña & Garcia vs. Comelec
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Two famous former governors of Cebu joined efforts to enrich the pages of Philippine jurisprudence in Constitutional Law, Political Law, and Election Laws. They were Lito Osmeña, grandson of President Don...
Candidates' citizenship: Aznar vs. Osmeña
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The number one requirement to qualify as a bona-fide candidate for any public office in the Philippines, from kagawad to president is citizenship.
The Philippines' waterloos: typhoons and calamities
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Last week's Super Typhoon Carina brought tremendous devastation to Luzon, in terms of loss of multiple lives lost, incalculable damage to properties, far-reaching destruction of infrastructure, and agricultural assets...
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