Fat political dynasties dominating our politics has all but obliterated meritocracy in governance. And the dire state of affairs (i.e. floods, carmage...
Two weeks ago, I had the privilege to spend a week in Japan to do a series of seminar lectures in the Graduate School of Law and the Law School of Hit...
Taxpayers spend so much for lawmakers to cosplay as police, prosecutor, and judge that they should be asking themselves what is actually achieved by t...
The Davao police has shown a readiness to enforce the arrest warrants that could be issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) this month, if ce...
In 2011, respected academic Björn Dressel wrote a paper entitled, The Philippines: how much real democracy?. A noteworthy query because the Philippine...
Elements of a very nasty conspiracy theory are coming to the fore. The fact that a clear majority of political families own construction companies, a ...
We should not be intimidated by the sight of the Chinese Coast Guard Monster Ship or their Navy’s Shandong Carrier sailing in our seas. But we must al...
Our One China Policy is found in the 1975 Joint Communique between Manila and Beijing, whereby among other things, “The two Governments recognize and ...
It is so easy to get fired up in the fight for supremacy between the United States (US) and China. And it is so tempting to think that we must take si...