Sotto ousted as Senate president
On the day that the House of Representatives meets to vote on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, her allies have successfully moved to remove Sotto and allies from the leadership who are seen as pro-impeachment.
ASEAN Summit: Diplomatic in language, militarist in intent
The Cebu summit and the missile launch in Tacloban must be read together. One projects the diplomatic language of stability. The other reveals the military reality taking shape beneath it.
Double disasters for Digong, Sara
What compelled Duterte Sr. to change horses in midstream? Not the reported P150 million monthly professional fee since the Dutertes are certainly not poor, with Pulong Duterte’s son even bragging that P10-billion in the bank or at the safe at home is a measly amount to deploy in the service of the people.
Dr. Fortun rips AFP’s narrative
The abrasions and contusions of the dead, Dr. Fortun argued, “were consistent with a person who had been shot, fallen and then shot again, possibly from behind.”
Kaufman’s defense of ex-Pres. Duterte ends; new lawyer to start work this month
The Duterte Panagutin Network in the Netherlands said Kaufman’s withdrawal indicates that Duterte’s case is “practically indefensible.” “Kaufman’s tactics to file several appeals questioning the ICC’s jurisdiction and, most recently, his critique of various technicalities involved in the handling of the case have all fallen flat following the unanimous decision of the ICC judges to set aside his arguments,” the Network said in a quick reaction to the development.
Sara’s impeachment to sail through to the Senate
Duterte-allied legislators are expected to object and drag the process to a lengthy debate. But they are likely to fail given that they number less than a dozen at the moment.
CHED proposes new curriculum to cater to labor market; universities oppose ‘reframing’
Ateneo de Manila University vice president for higher education Maria Luz Vilches called on the Commission to reconsider its plan, proposing instead for the restoration of liberal arts courses “which are essential to holistic higher education.”
How runaway inflation affects Philippine families
“First, inflation could have been significantly tempered if the government had cut oil taxes, regulated overpricing by oil firms, and implemented a stricter and non-voluntary price freeze,” IBON said. “The situation fully warrants these emergency interventions and would have prevented rising fuel costs from fully cascading across the economy,” it added.
Sara may lose her lawyers
It’s not far-fetched that Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio will lose lawyers in her defense panel if reports that she smacked one counsel with a laptop. As a lawyer herself with an 80% grade in her bar exam, Sara should have known physical assaults against a colleague warrants sanctions from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) and possibly disbarment.
Sara faces the Senate griller
When the justice panel of the House of Representatives voted 53-0 to declare probable cause exists to subject Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio to impeachment trial before the Senate, it becomes necessary for her camp to use everything in their arsenal to prevent the plenary from submitting the case to the Upper Chamber for trial.