Archive - Commentary Year all all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Items per page 12 12 18 24 30 Commentary ICC warrant of arrest for Duterte may be issued end of 2020 The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court may wrap up its preliminary probe on President Duterte’s drug war sooner than expected. By Romel Regalado Bagares* | Dec 15, 2019 | 10-minute read KEEP READING Commentary More on Bato visa ban and ARIA Remember this photo of Senate President Tito Sotto and Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa watching the Las Vegas fight between Senate colleague Manny Pacquiao and American boxer Keith Thurman fight at a theater in Rockwell last July? By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Dec 15, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Song suggestions for the SEAG closing ceremonies Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo was wrong when he said that there is no song that embodies the whole Philippines. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Dec 6, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Enjoy the games, don’t forget issues that matter I enjoyed watching the opening ceremonies of the 30th Southeast Asian Games. Salute to director Floy Quintos. Just enough dazzle to showcase the beauty of Philippine culture. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Dec 1, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Leni’s questions – a statement on the government’s drug war Ngayon ang tanong ko: Ano bang kinatatakutan ninyo? Ano ba ang kinatatakutan ninyong malaman ko? Ano ba ang kinatatakutan ninyong malaman ng taumbayan? By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Nov 26, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Go’s statements betray reservations about Robredo’s anti-drug czar role If Vice President Leni Robredo succeeds in dismantling the illegal drugs network and reducing the menace without the killings that have characterized President Duterte’s failed drug war, it would be a slap on Duterte’s much vaunted iron hand strategy. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Nov 10, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Valuable takeaways from Justice Carpio’s lectures The wonderful thing about Justice Carpio’s lectures is that they are never the same; there is always something new. And he is such a good storyteller. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Oct 31, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Duterte and Bong Go’s pathetic motorcycle show I am not wishing President Duterte ill but the lying and the manipulation about his health must stop. It insults the public’s intelligence. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Oct 27, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Justice Antonio T. Carpio:’the best chief justice we never had’ Last Friday was Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s last working day at the Supreme Court. The next day, Oct. 26, he retired on his 70th birthday after 18 years of dedicated and distinguished service in the Supreme Court. By Ricardo B. Ramos | Oct 26, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary The public has the right to know the truth about the president’s health What is the state of President Duterte’s health now? How serious is his current illness? By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS | Oct 22, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary Gordon’s friendly warning as Duterte continues to promote culture of killing Interior Secretary Eduardo Año, in his attempt to explain President Duterte’s alarming order to newly promoted Police Lt. Col. Jovie Espenido to go to Bacolod City in Negros Oriental and “feel free to kill everybody” said it was an exaggeration to emphasize a point. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Oct 21, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Commentary What Duterte’s henchmen have come up with against Trillanes If all that President Duterte’s henchmen can come up with against former senator Antonio Trillanes IV is Guillermina Barrido, that means they have scraped the bottom of the barrel and found nothing. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Oct 21, 2019 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 … 59 60 61 62 63 … 85 Older posts
