GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Isang tanong: Ano ang kay Manny Pacquiao na kung pakinggan kahawig ng kanyang unang pangalan? (One question: What has Manny Pacquiao which is homonymous with his first name?)

Double Team rip

Columbus Day movie download

Since days before he flattened Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas, Nevada last May 2 (May3 in Manila) [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The killing of 20-year-old Rebelyn Pitao, a teacher and one of the daughters of top NPA commander Leoncio Pitao alias Commander Parago, is not just murder. It is a national tragedy as every extrajudicial killing has been and will be, for the blood of the victims of such a killing has been [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Following is the full text of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s speech at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio last February 22 to open the 4-day 23rd EDSA I celebration. The six paragraphs of 12 sentences are numbered for reference.
[1] It is an honor to launch this year’s celebration of the four [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY  — All talk and show achieving nothing! Pardon the sound borrowed from Shakespeare. But that’s the flavor prevailing in the country – not only today but for quite a long time already. Hence, the state of the nation, national and domestic.
At the ARMM
Blessed by the goddess in Malacañang, Gov. Datu Zaldy Ampatuan [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY  — The MOA-AD evokes the fate of Julius Caesar, the great Roman conqueror: “… as he was ambitious, I slew him.” This, Brutus said in his oration at Caesar’s funeral. He was Caesar’s best friend but he led the conspirators, including senators, in assassinating Caesar because they had suspected him of planning [...]

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The MOA-AD has been declared “contrary to law and the Constitution”. Any hope for it – now dead – to animate the peace process is moot. But what chance could it have had the Court been a little liberal?
The Decision has the answers.
The President’s Powers
As the Court has [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY  — Retired Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban, in his Inquirer column last Sunday, declared as “victory for the constitution” the Supreme Court decision that the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is unconstitutional. That cannot be disputed
However, it must be asked: Who [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY — The Supreme Court has ruled the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain between the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front as unconstitutional, finding that the specific provisions and concepts of the MOA-AD cannot be reconciled with the present Constitution and laws. On legal grounds, the Court may be right; [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY  — Back to the question: “Will the new policy address effectively the Mindanao problem deeply rooted in the Moro demand for their ancestral domain?” The answer is obvious.
The Only Option
Despite the intimidating odds, the MOA-AD is the only option that can address effectively the Mindanao problem. To reiterate an earlier question: What [...]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY – The last issue ended posing the puzzle: Will the new policy address effectively the Mindanao problem deeply rooted in the Moro demand for their ancestral domain?
The logic behind the puzzle is plain common sense: If the new policy fails to effectively address the root of the Mindanao problem, it will not [...]