“The devil can cite the Scripture for his purpose.” (Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice). It was in the case of Navy Colonel Generoso Mariano, who wanted President Noynoy Aquino replaced through extra-constitutional process by quoting the near “scriptural bidding” of Rizal: “If we have had bad leaders today and in the past , it is not the…
There is a concerted effort by the media and cyberspace kibitzers to drive a wedge between the President and the Bishops by summoning even an archaic constitutional doctrine of “separation between the church and state.” But they are bound to fail. Simeon Benigno Aquino, is a church’s poster boy who is much willing to accommodate…
One hundred fifty years after Rizal was born and 115 years after his death, the Philippines is still under the clutches of tyrants, only this time from local tyrants. Early in life, Rizal wrote: “In our town, we saw, almost every day, the lieutenant of the Civil Guard, and the alcalde (mayor) on his occasional…
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