Archive for January, 2010

Comelec’s Flawed Reasoning

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jun Bautista

In a 26-page decision, the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) Second Division junked the disqualification case filed against Erap Estrada by ruling that the constitutional prohibition on reelection to the presidency found in Article VII, Section 4 applies only to the incumbent president.
According to Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer, who penned the decision, “respondent Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada no [...]

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I Have A Dream

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Apung Banong

The other night, I had a dream. In my dream, my town, Mabalacat, has developed into a well-managed municipality free of graft and corruption. It is a place migrant Filipinos now scattered around the world dream of having during their lifetime. In my dream, Filipinos have started to return home.
“Mabalacat, for the past five years [...]

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