In November this year, incumbent US president Barack Obama of the Democratic Party will face off versus the standard-bearer of the Republican Party after the latter goes through its primaries. The front-running Republicans include former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former senator from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum. A distant third is Newt Gingrinch, former Speaker of [...]
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Picking up a rock…and still being able to fly?
Posted: March 11, 2012 in Bolet Banal, Chief Justice Renato Corona, Franklin Drilon, governance, Impeachment trial, Judiciary/courts, Kiko Pangilinan, Niel Tupas Jr., Noynoy Aquino, Philippine politics, Rey Umali, Rule of law, Senator Juan Ponce-Enrile, Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Serafin Cuevas, Teofisto Guingona IIITags: Philippine political comedy, Philippine political institutions, Philippine politics, Philippines
I did not comment on the on-going impeachment trial of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona except for the blog-entry on the G-word [see <http://bongmendoza.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/four-letter-words/>]. My reasons: I did not have anything new to say or a novel spin on the developments even if the impeachment was the news of the day for three months [...]
President Noynoy’s Narita gamble
Posted: August 6, 2011 in MILF, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Moro National Liberation Front, Noynoy AquinoThursday night last week, as parts of the country were still reeling from the strong winds and rains unleashed by the tropical storm Kabayan, President Noynoy Aquino left the country and flew unannounced to Japan and met with Murad Ebrahim, chair of of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), in a hotel near the Narita [...]
Time to dance the CHA-CHA!
Posted: January 12, 2011 in Charter change, Cory Aquino, Noynoy Aquino, Philippine politics, Reynato Puno, Tita CoryYesterday at the UP College of Law, former Supreme Court Chief Justice and now member of the UP Board of Regents Reynato Puno opined that now is the best time to amend the country’s constitution. Puno made the declaration after President Noynoy Aquino announced that Charter change (Cha-Cha) was not among his administration’s top priorities. In a [...]
