THE LEGAL FRONT
As a voter wishing to wisely exercise my right of vote, I have been trying hard to understand our political parties and candidates. I finally gave up after the Comelec’s Nov. 15, 2021 candidate substitution deadline and simply decided to do my own understandable classification and
THE LEGAL FRONT
A legal reality that many fail to realize is that our Constitution is an ever-present moderating force that applies to all of us in our everyday lives as citizens. It is the legal instrument that defines and, many times, compels the balanced arrangement that must exist between th
THE LEGAL FRONT
The election period has hardly started but its intensity at the national level is already palpable. One indicator is the developing tension between the Executive and the Legislature due to the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation of the purchase of pandemic-related medical e
THE LEGAL FRONT
Under A.M. No. 18-01-05-SC, the Supreme Court recently established the Judicial Integrity Board and the Corruption Prevention and Investigation Office “to promote integrity and curb corruption” within the judiciary. These are brand new high-level offices that will now absorb the a
THE LEGAL FRONT
(In Parts I and II of this series under Philja’s column “Views from the Ridge,” I outlined the constitutional and statutory foundations and background of Philja’s new Pre-Judicature Program (PJP) – its contribution in assessing the qualifications of applicants to the judiciary bas