Sweet 16 dilemma
Many were taken aback when Presiding Officer Chiz Escudero immediately said that the minimum number of votes needed to convict is 16.
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Many were taken aback when Presiding Officer Chiz Escudero immediately said that the minimum number of votes needed to convict is 16.
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Do we now all truly, sincerely believe that children as young as 10-years-old are monsters born to commit crimes, even casually kill? Where did that monstrous…
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Lowering the age of criminal responsibility may satisfy a public desire for a stronger response, but it does little to address the conditions that allowed the…
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The fatal school shooting in Tacloban City on Monday has reignited the debate over Republic Act (RA) 9344, the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act, prompting…
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‘Sweet words and coming up with alibis cannot excuse the plummeting net satisfaction rating of the President.’
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A diminished Senate is not a stronger Senate. A broken scale is not more accurate because it has fewer parts.
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It turned out that she was partly correct on the first count but completely off the mark on the second.
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Could fresh linguistic constructs outmaneuver the true intent and purpose of what ‘the majority of all its members’ means in the constitutional text?
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Rodrigo’s fans have continued to support and defend her as the issue gained wider attention online.
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The past three weeks in the Senate have offered a depressing masterclass on both. We have seen clowning, grandstanding, and the sort of chest-thumping nonsense…
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Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said the Senate’s rules on teleconferencing can only be invoked under strict conditions and should not be loosely applied to situations…
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Bringing the matter to the SC was suggested by former Senate president Franklin Drilon who accused the majority bloc of abusing its power.
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The bishop recalled the plight of families affected by drug war killings, many of whom came from poor communities.
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The most serious damage inflicted isn’t always visible. It’s not just lives lost in encounters. It’s in family bonds broken, parents left in anguish, and homes…
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Did you enjoy watching Rolando Dy’s second-round destruction of two-time world boxing champion Paulie Malignaggi in their bare knuckle championship fight over…
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Acting like paragons of virtue and models of politics, the members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines were not of any help, but even sowed…
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Serapio’s paper offers several interlocking explanations, starting with power being returned to the same corrupt institutions.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is not something humans should fear, as people remain in control of the technology.
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