Do We Have The Will To Put Ex-CJ Corona Behind Bars?


Recurring political images in the Philipines: ROLSON RODRIGUEZ, a barangay chairman of Sto. Domingo,  Binalbagan, Negros Occidental was found guilty of dishonesty and oppression.  He was dismissed from the service and stripped with all his retirement benefits and civil service eligibilities. DELSA M. FLORES, court interpreter of a regional trial court of Davao  received from the municipality of Panabo the…

Corruption Is In Their Genes.. (aka, Anak Ng Jueteng!)


In the last years of U.S. rule, this synergy of provincial politics, police corruption, and illegal gambling led to a succession of scandals.  But few could equal the spectacular, yearlong controversy that erupted in Iloilo, then the country’s second largest city.  In June 1928 two rising media magnates, Eugenio and Fernando Lopez launched their first newspaper,…