For the nonce, the SC decision will naturally be derided for zeroing in on legal technicalities while papering over the substance of the articles of impeachment. Well, as they say, when the SC commits a grievous error, it becomes part of the law of the land.
The House acted within the bounds, and complied with the requirements, of the Constitution when it endorsed the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate. And upon transmission of the Articles, the Senate acquired jurisdiction to constitute itself as an impeachment court.
In Teresa, Rizal, many residents face a daily dilemma: Should they take a bath and risk running out of water for cooking and cleaning?
As a taxpayer, I wish the fisticuffs to happen. I wish the boys get black-eyes and bruises so bad it would take them weeks to heal. I wish their mouth guards won’t work and several of their teeth would fly far out the ring. I wish them broken noses and jaws it would require expensive metal implants to put them together again.
When humor becomes the tone of public announcements, it reinforces the idea that surviving disasters is simply part of being Filipino, that it’s okay to smile, make memes, and move on because we can always laugh our troubles away.
Bongbong and Sara share the same boat, and both of them are now being tarred for being absent when typhoon victims needed them most. the safety of their families.
Unless the Filipino people devote themselves to overturning these plutocrats, they are condemned to watching the oligarchs getting fatter along with the political dynasties whose members conspire with them.
This is proof that bureaucrat-capitalism is in the Villar DNA and no amount of explaining would erase the fact that he had a big role in taking control of a vital resource.
“Nalulugi ang mga magsasaka sa bawat anihan. Binibili lang ng traders sa P10 hanggang P12 kada kilo ng palay. May mas mababa pa sa P8 hanggang P10 kada kilo. Saan ka pa pupulutin niyan?” lamented KMP’s Danilo Ramos.
The workers are stuffed into dormitories owned by broker agencies, with more than 10 people in a small room sometimes and curfews are observed strictly.
