Five days have passed since we held our automated election on May 13. But only six winners in the senatorial race have been proclaimed, while the counting of votes in many city, town and provinces are not yet over.
Former police Senior Supt. Cezar Mancao is an example of our twisted system of justice: From a principal witness in a twin murder case to an accused in the same case.
Four officers and two enlisted men are detained at the Philippine Navy camp in Fort Bonifacio for a crime most of their Navy comrades believe they never committed.
There’s no way the Sultan of Sulu, Jamalul Kiram, will heed President Noy’s appeal for him to order his men in Sabah to come home so the standoff could be resolved peacefully.
If Malaysia is clumsy about handling the Sabah standoff, it will have the same problem the Philippine government had when it fought a Muslim rebellion in the South in the 1970s up to the 1980s. Malaysia is in a no-win situation as a result of the standoff in Sabah. If it uses deadly force on [...]
Director General Alan La Madrid Purisima, chief of the Philippine National Police, wants the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA), producer of police officers, to be under the supervision of Camp Crame.
Why do people who give to others without expecting anything in return get richer; while those who scrimp because they fear a lack become poor? The answer to that question is in the Bible. For those who have, more will be given and they will have an abundance, and for those who have nothing, even [...]
The proposal of Deputy Director General Alan Purisima, incoming chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), to downgrade the educational qualification of a police candidate from a holder of a college diploma to a high school graduate is favored by the public.
Former Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras is now secretary to the Cabinet (with a Cabinet rank), making him a virtual executive secretary.
Former Air Force Col. Eduardo “Red” Kapunan is in custody in connection with the murder of labor leader Rolando Olalia and his driver, Leonor Alay-ay, 26 years ago.
The Olympic Arms M-16 automatic rifle allegedly used in the ambush of NBI Deputy Director Reynaldo Esmeralda probably was not made by the US company, but assembled in the country, according to a source in the local gun industry.
The Aquino administration has been advised by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile to go easy on former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in her electoral sabotage case.
The helicopter scam that dragged the name of Mike Arroyo, husband of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has now reached the Sandiganbayan after the Office of the Ombudsman filed charges against him.
