Ms. Janet Napoles, the controversial suspect in the multi-million scam of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) must have been charmed by the UP law Batch 78, — she has two members of this class as her lawyers. Lorna Kapunan, who until recently retired as her lawyer, was a member of that class; the other, Rene…
For Senator Bongbong Marcos to say that his father was a hero and not a thief and that his last heroic act was his restraint in not ordering the massacre of the civilians massed at EDSA 1, in February 1986 is but normal of a son and a politician. In his eyes his father is an all-time hero; and as…
Our collective memories are not only short but malleable to the machinations of those who wanted to profit from the fall of the late dictator Mr. Marcos in 1986. Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Gregorio Honasan and former President Fidel Ramos are not heroes of EDSA 1, but its villains. They were Marcos martial law implementers whose participation in…
Today, August 30, is the International Day of the Desaparecidos. This is the day to reminisce the fate of those who disappeared because the state has considered them threats to its security. During the martial law era, high profile “enemies” of the state suffered tragic death and were paraded to the public to serve as a…
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