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Delicadeza o pulitika? by Iloilo Views on Aug 13, 2011“IF Zubiri is declared senator, it will be a Pyrrhic victory for him. Like President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (PGMA) he will be carrying a dubious mandate, his being a senator questioned and challenged by the people. Anywhere he goes he will be houn...

At last, justice by Iloilo Views on Mar 11, 2011AT last, justice has finally caught up with Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez. For so long she had been spitting on public accountability by sleeping on her job. Now the time for her to be held accountable for her high crimes against the Filipino people...

EDSA 1: 25 years later by Iloilo Views on Feb 25, 2011FEBRUARY 25, 2011 was a holiday. The nation commemorated one of the turning points in its history. On that day, People Power triumphed, ousting an ailing dictator whose brutal and corrupt rule ruined the country and robbed it of its life and future.

Respect by Iloilo Views on Dec 17, 2010WHAT’S happening to the high tribunal?” the Philippine Daily Inquirer asked in a front page story this week. This is also the question of the entire nation in the light of the successive decisions rendered by the Arroyo Court. The decisions defie...

Death of news by Iloilo Views on Dec 4, 2010NEWS is the latest casualty of the network war among the giants – kapamilya ABS-CBN and kapuso GMA 7 and the upstart kapatid TV5. Recent changes in the personalities and format of the news programs of ABS-CBN signal the death of news. Battle fo...

Cautious jubilation by Iloilo Views on Nov 20, 2010LAST Saturday, the world erupted in jubilation as Daw Aung San Suu Kyi walked out of freedom. With the exception of Nelson Mandela, no modern political leader has endured long political detention and oppression than Madam Suu Kyi. She had spent 15 of...

A reminder by Iloilo Views on Nov 12, 2010IN the aftermath of the 2010 US midterm election, people can not help but ponder on the situation of President Noy and the future of his administration. There has been an uncanny parallelism on the political life of both the Obama and the Aquino admi...

Reality check by Iloilo Views on Nov 6, 2010THE stinging blow President Barack Obama received in the 2010 US midterm election prompted a US think tank, Pacific Strategies and Assessments (PSA), to warn the same thing could happen to President Noy. In the November 2, 2010 midterm election, the...

Academic nightmare by Iloilo Views on Oct 30, 2010THE majority decision will thus stand against overwhelming conventions on what constitutes plagiarism. In doing so, the decision has created unimaginable problems for Philippine academia, which will from now on have to find a disciplinary response to...

Old boys club by Iloilo Views on Oct 23, 2010It is alarming to note that the present Supreme Court popularly known as the Arroyo Court is becoming more like an old boys club rather than the guardian of justice. This is borne out of its recent action on the plagiarism case filed before it agains...