THE PROSPECT OF SEN. SANTIAGO AS ICC JUDGE Rodel Rodis SAN FRANCISCO – The resolve by the US Pinoys for Good Governance (USP4GG) to petition the International Criminal Court (ICC) to reconsider and reject the election of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago as an ICC judge was not made on a spur or a whim but...
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In an interview with Craig Ferguson, Stephen Fry best argued that language is merely a subjective vessel for communication. He said that if aliens were to visit our world and inspect our language without any preconception, they would be aghast at how humans casually talk of torture (“This job is torture!”) and murder (“This...
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I submit that an organization such as yourself, self-proclaimed to be the arbiter of good governance of a foreign country thousands of miles away from their location, knows the meaning of “good governance”. Without effort, one can understand that good governance, well, means a government ruling in a “good” manner. Perhaps a government absent...
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I’m neither a fan of Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago nor in total favor of her sudden outbursts during CJ Corona’s impeachment trial but when one of her critics, Catholic priest Catalino Arevallo, indirectly suggested that the feisty senator is “worthy of the fires of hell”, I was suddenly taken aback. Although we know that religious...
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During the 26th day of impeachment trial for Chief Justice Corona, another spectacle left many of us flabbergasted. When private prosecutor Vitaliano Aguirre covered his ears to shield it from the “shrill voice” coming from Senator Miriam-Defensor Santiago, television viewers and the senator-judges alike wondered if they were looking at a serious member of...
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After World War II, because the Filipinos were so loyal and and in love with the Americans, the US made a rare exception and allowed Filipinos to join the US Navy albeit non citizens. Many excelled, completed their services, became American citizens and retired in the US. During the Korean and Vietnam wars, a...
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It’s about damn time para ilabas na natin ang katoto…nahan..este, ang katotohanan. Ilang araw na lang maghahalal na naman ang mga tao ng bagong “lider” ng ating lipunan. Panibagong eleksyon, lumang mga mukha at apelyido. Ano pa nga ba ang silbi ng eleksyon? May magagawa pa nga ba ang...
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With the recent turn of events and thrusts of different countries about giving priority to employing their own people instead of hiring foreigners make sense to me. Saudi has already embarked on the “Saudization”, the national policy of Saudi Arabia to encourage employment of Saudi nationals in the private...
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Mula sa pangangalaga ng kalusugan, pagkain, pabahay, seguridad, adiksyon sa droga, kahirapan at korapsyon, masasabi kong may iisang problema ang mamamayang naghahangad ng solusyon at ito’y walang iba kundi ang mas malawak na suliraning pang-edukasyon; kumbaga, one shot hits all at umaasa akong magkakaroon ito ng domino effect sa...
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