MANILA, Philippines — The Integrated Bar of the Philippines will provide free legal aid to Comelec officials and voters in for the elections in all its chapters across the country. The national organization of lawyers, Commission on Elections and Legal…
Place your bets
A few more days before election day and at this point, most of us have chosen our candidates. I for one can’t wait to cast my vote after holding my breath for so long and the excitement is through the roof. Seriously speaking, however, I have for a ver…
Final and binding
This a case about a judgment based on a Compromise Agreement which has become final and executory. The issue raised here is whether said decision can still be questioned or reopened if it is erroneous? This is the case of Marina. Marina and her decease…
Sen. Tolentino cuts the supply line
After President Rodrigo Duterte announced the end of Pagcor sponsored e-sabong, Senator Francis Tolentino drew his sword of influence by asking the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to order all e-wallet and electronic banking firms, specifically GCash and P…
In no-win situation
If you describe a situation as a “catch-22,” you mean it is an impossible situation because you cannot do one thing until you do another thing. But you cannot do the second thing until you do the first thing. There are other idiomatic expressions and r…
Volunteer campaigners repel traditional vote-buyers
Huge sums will change hands these next few days. As campaigning ends, national candidates will deliver bags of cash to local counterparts. The latter’s task is retail cheating. A P1,000-bill or two will be given to the voter with instuctions on which n…
Beyond the elections
So, is the boxing match all but over? Tapos na ba ang boksing? If the surveys prove accurate, it is. But it looks like certain groups are gearing for sustained battles beyond the elections, for accountability, an end to lies and disinformation, good go…
EDITORIAL – COVID-free, fraud-free
There will be no COVID vaccination at polling centers on election day. But the coronavirus is still around, so isolation areas will reportedly be set aside for voters with high temperature or other symptoms of illness. As COVID-infected people can be a…
ABAP passes on Dagle
There would’ve been a heavyweight in the Philippine boxing team at the Hanoi SEA Games but ABAP secretary-general Marcus Manalo held back in enlisting Ormoc City southpaw Wendell Dagle until he proves himself ready for international action. Lightheavyw…
Philippines starts SEA Games title defense
MANILA, Philippines — Three years after their golden performance at home, Filipino athletes return to action today, competing in the early hostilities ahead of the formal opening of the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. The football and bea…