SONA 2008: The Last GMA SONA?
by Danilo AlmeydaThu, 24 Jul 2008 01:37:38 -0700
How many more SONA does GMA have? Would this be the last? This could be the last indeed with such military preparations. Read more
Beijing Olympics Controversies
by Danilo AlmeydaSat, 23 Aug 2008 20:07:09 -0700
From start of the Opening Ceremonies until the recent raising of the flags of winners with the awarding of the medals of victory, the Beijing Olympics is marred with controversy one after another. Read more
China's top backstroker banned on the Olympics due to drugs
by Anna Leah De VeraThu, 10 Jul 2008 02:37:16 -0700
Ouyang Kunpeng, China's top backstroker, tested positive for a banned substance, anabolic agent clenbuterol, last May 1, the Chinese Swimming Association declared in a press statement but not naming the substance. Read more
Alex of Alabang (second of a series)
by Danilo AlmeydaWed, 20 Aug 2008 08:16:02 -0700
One resting place that Alex found in the boarding of house of Manang (Alma) is one that of a mother and a mentor. Read more
Mainstream movie stars bagged CINEMALAYA 2008 Awards
by Hubert LorbesMon, 21 Jul 2008 02:52:24 -0700
Baron Geisler nervously but excitedly read his speech for his best actor award for the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival held July 20 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Read more
Court of Appeals Corruption
by Marisol TupazMon, 04 Aug 2008 22:56:50 -0700
Since time immemorial the judicial procedure in the Philippines has always been more than a slow process but also a questionable one.
The cliché “justice delayed, is justice denied” in this country is highly academic for one should be jubilant for that elusive justice no matter how delayed.
Nothing could be expected from a corrupt system that emanates from its apex but corruption down below. As the graft fighter Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago herself admits that even during her trial lawyer days at the level of the Regional Trial Court are convinced of such corruption happening. As the senator said ‘money talks’ at the Appellate Court so is justice for sale at any level down below, that if you can’t get the good bid below, at the middle, you can at the top. For the moneyed rich justice then is never elusive.
The corruption at the Court of Appeals is "like cancer" admits the two lawyer-senators. Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, a renowned anti-graft lawyer, and the fighter Senator Joker Arroyo, a human-rights lawyer, but like cancer it kills and highly incurable.
Is the Judicial and Bar Council or JBC, which Santiago herself admitting its failure for so many years and probably generations now, the cure? The JBC is a failure; could it be the chance for Congress to again exercise its authority on judicial nominations? Is the Congress “cancer-free” so to speak? Nothing is infallible in this country these days.
