THE heist in the University of the Philippines (UP), resulting in three deaths, carried out by criminals in police attire illustrates once more what I have been voicing so many times in the past that: there should be stronger regulations against establishments which indiscriminately sell police and military uniforms even to nonservice personnel.
This is at [...]

I WAS reading the column of Fr. Joaquin Bernas, “Sounding Board,” in a daily broadsheet issue on Monday, November 10, and I was sadly disappointed that a leading constitutionalist like him can claim that “the President can appoint only from a list of at least three names, but she is free to reject all of [...]

I ATTENDED a roundtable in connection with the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which is currently suspended, especially in the light of the Supreme Court’s decision declaring the memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain unconstitutional.
Our guest for the conference was no less than the national security adviser of the British government, [...]

THE Filipino nation has another reason to celebrate—the recent victory of boxer Nonito Donaire Jr., who retained his flyweight crown against a dangerous South African challenger. While Donaire has not yet attained the super status of Manny Pacquiao, nonetheless, this victory should make us all proud.
As far as I’m concerned, news stories like this, when [...]

TOMORROW is election time in the US, and whoever wins in the presidential race will have reverberating effect on the political, economic and military capabilities of this country.
Both candidates have deep and emotional attachments to Asia, but what is more interesting is how Americans will vote. Will Americans decide on the merits of each candidate’s [...]

I HAD a very bad experience when I booked with Air Philippines (Airphil) on Saturday, October 25, on the 7 a.m. flight to Iloilo City. Our flight was rudely delayed for about five hours, which to my mind had neither rhyme nor reason, but more like a deception played on the more than a hundred anxious [...]

THERE are speculations that Rolito Go will be extended executive clemency soon. Where these words came from, nobody knows, but it is obvious that these were floated by some media groups who want to resurrect the Go story for something to get their teeth on, an executive action they can freely criticize, or at least [...]

AS I have observed in an earlier column, it is true that when America sneezes, the whole world gets a cold. This is best illustrated by events which rocked the whole world with the meltdown in the US financial system.
To underline just how much influence the US economy has over the rest of the world, [...]

IT was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt who told the American people during the Great Depression that, “There is nothing to fear but fear itself.” The Americans believed in him and the Great Depression was licked and from there, the United States of America persevered to become the superpower that it is today. I refer to [...]

I THINK that any person who knows his politics will tell you that this is farthest from the truth. For, the fact is, the Teehankees have no political clout whatsoever. While the Teehankee name is prominent and may have great value when the late Claudio “Dingdong” Teehankee Sr. was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, [...]