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WHAT MATTERS MOST
Suspension prior to election, a blessing in disguise
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - October 2, 2024 - 12:00am
I have too high a respect for the Office of the Ombudsman and too strong a faith in the regularity of official functions that I refuse to believe speculations that Mayor Mike Rama's preventive suspension was and...
Rama still the strongest mayoralty bet
by Josephus Jimenez - October 1, 2024 - 12:00am
The facts on the ground, the pulse among the grassroots and the common consensus among non-partisan political observers are unanimous that suspended mayor Michael L. Rama, despite or even because of his preventive...
Labor laws in conflict with laws on marriage and women rights
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 27, 2024 - 12:00am
Which law has superior strength: the labor law that allows employers their management prerogatives to, among others, discipline their employees, or the laws that protect marriage as an inviolable social institution?...
Contempt in legislative investigations
by Josephus Jimenez - September 26, 2024 - 12:00am
Never before in the history of Philippine Senate and House investigations had there been as many and as frequent contempt orders issued declaring resource persons in contempt and ordering their detention.
You can't fire employees due to marriage
by Josephus Jimenez - September 25, 2024 - 12:00am
Employers are guilty of illegal dismissal under the Labor Code, if and when they terminate the employment of any male or female personnel who gets married.
Investigations in aid of legislation
by Atty. Josephus B Jimenez - September 24, 2024 - 12:00am
The whole country, these last few months, has been glued to the TV sets to listen to and see the investigations led by senators Riza Hontiveros and Win Gatchalian in the Senate, roasting Alice Guo,Sheila Guo and...
How VP Kamala Harris is "demolishing" Pres. Donald Trump
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 20, 2024 - 12:00am
Former President Donald Trump was mumbling, fumbling and stumbling all the way in that debate, while vice president Kamala Harris attacked him with a barrage of frontal jabs and uppercuts right to his nose, quickly...
The impending China's attack against Taiwan
by Josephus Jimenez - September 19, 2024 - 12:00am
Both Xi Jinping and Joe Biden subscribe to the UN Doctrine called the One China Policy.
Aliens exposing weaknesses in our government agencies
by Josephus Jimenez - September 18, 2024 - 12:00am
These aliens, who are making a mockery of our legal system, have unwittingly exposed how easy it is in the Philippines for foreigners with a lot of money to violate our laws, trample on our justice system, and desecrate...
Protocols 101 for senators and senatoriables
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 12, 2024 - 12:00am
It disgusts me as a Filipino, and even exasperates my guts to see that I am living in a country where many highly placed public officials, despite their lofty positions, still do not know the fundamentals on how...
Congressional investigations: the good things and the bad
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - September 10, 2024 - 12:00am
Both houses of Congress, more than the executive and the judiciary, are giving more than enough information to the public on such important issues that have direct bearing on the lives of citizens and the whole nation....
Imee vs Sara vs Risa in 2028
by Josephus Jimenez - September 5, 2024 - 12:00am
It should have been Martin Romualdez for President in 2028 but his numbers in the polls never improved.
Las Piñas, Taguig, and San Juan: A tale of 3 tiny cities
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - September 4, 2024 - 12:00am
The total land area of the three cities of Las Piñas, Taguig, and San Juan constitutes less than 1% of the total national territory of the whole republic and yet they command six of the 24 senators or 25%...
BBM's Senate Bets and Duterte's Choices: Same bananas
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - September 3, 2024 - 12:00am
The situation is still fluid and there may be some changes here and there, but we have it right from the horses' mouth that the administration rainbow coalition has come up with a list of the president's choice...
VP Sara before the House of her "friends"
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Appearing alone before the House of Representatives on August 27, 2024 in order to defend the budget of the Office of the Vice President was an act of extraordinary bravery on the part of Vice President Sara Duterte...
3 major challenges against the justice system: Quiboloy, Guo and Teves
by Josephus Jimenez - August 29, 2024 - 12:00am
The government is being tested on its ability to uphold the administration of justice by three major challenges being posed by high-profile fugitives of justice: Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, Mayor Alice Guo and not to...
US presidential elections, decided on issues, not personalities
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 28, 2024 - 12:00am
Unlike most of the elections in our country, the US presidential polls are usually decided principally on the basis of issues and only secondarily based on the personalities of the contenders.
Limits on Congressional contempt powers
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 27, 2024 - 12:00am
There is no question that both the Senate and the House have general and wide powers to conduct investigation in aid of legislation. But the fundamental rights of resource persons appearing before the specific committees...
Liberal Party, the true opposition
by Atty Josephus Jimenez - August 23, 2024 - 12:00am
The PDP Laban under the leadership of former president Rodrigo Duterte and by logical expectation also of Vice President Sara Duterte Carpio, is not and cannot claim that it is the genuine opposition.
China's gifts to Phl: gambling, drugs, and landgrabbing
by Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez - August 20, 2024 - 12:00am
History tells us that Spain gifted the Philippines with the Christian faith, along with its discovery of the islands for the Western World.
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