The tables have been turned on the President’s husband, Mike Arroyo.

Journalists who were harassed with libel cases by Mr. Arroyo and have, in turn, filed a civil suit against him, now want to compel him to attend the hearings on the case.

They want him to take the witness stand, the same way he and his lawyers required respondent journalists to attend the hearings on the libel cases.

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I am one of the plaintiffs in the civil suit, but I begged off from having Mike Arroyo attend the hearings.
Although I suffered more than my colleagues from the libel cases he filed against me – and the trumped-up extortion charges he allegedly instigated against me – I am not joining them, much as I want to.
Why? Because I don’t want to add to the misery that he’s suffering now.
Guys, let him be.
He has suffered enough for the things he did to us.

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Anyway, 2010 is just around the corner.

As soon as his wife, President Gloria, steps down from office, they will both have a their share of criminal and civil cases against them.

And if they’re able to get away from the law of man, they won’t be able to escape the law of the universe – karma.

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Many members of traditional religions think that after confessing their sins or being sorry for them, they can go on their merry way to commit more sins.
That’s not the way the universe works.
You have to pay your debts here and not in the hereafter.
If you killed another human being without justification, you have set yourself up to be murdered in some future time.
If you stole from somebody, expect yourself to become a victim of theft or robbery sooner or later.
If you bear false witness against your neighbor, expect somebody else to do the same thing to you at some future time.
Inversely, if you were kind to a stranger, another person will come along to show you kindness.
That is the way of the universe.
That is the law of karma.

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My former Inquirer colleague and compadre, Armand Nocum, and his wife Annora are proof that a marriage between a Christian and a Muslim works.

Armand is a Catholic while Annora is a Muslim, but their different faiths and cultures have not stopped them from loving and caring for each other all these years.

I stood as one of the godfathers to their eldest child, Arriza, in a Christian baptism ceremony a couple of years ago.

Peace and unity between Christians and Muslims is possible, as shown by Armand and Annora.

Muslims and Christians should follow the couple’s example.
Make love, not war.