by Dine Racoma Upon entering the Senate Hall, there are 13 listed things that cannot be done while inside. Covering your ears while a senator is berating you is not one of them. The Corona impeachment trial is unfolding in quite an exciting manner. On the 25th day of the impeachment proceeding, the Prosecution [...]
Day 25: Highlights of Corona Impeachment Trial- Of tapes, chips & a gridlock
by Wilfred Avila THE IMPEACHMENT TRIALS – DAY 25, FEB. 28, 2012 OF TAPES, CHIPS, AND A GRIDLOCK! Going to the Senate that day was an ordeal. As early as last night, some people started to arrive at Luneta to camp out and sing songs. In the early morning dawn, buses by the hundreds were [...]
Tide turning against President Aquino?
Yesterday, the prosecution team in Chief Justice Renato Corona’s impeachment trial has prematurely rested its case, thereby dropping five of the eight impeachment charges. This decision has been a surprise, and the motivations behind it are not yet clear– they will certainly become a subject of speculation among Manila’s commentariat today. But I think what’s clear now is that, [...]
















Isinilang sa mundong dilaw
by Luisa Reyes Ipinanganak ako limang taon na ang nakakalipas matapos ang EDSA revolution. Wala akong kaalam-alam dito, ngunit habang tumatanda ako, dilaw ang kulay na nangingibabaw. Sa aming bahay, puros mahahalimuyak na salita ang aking naririnig tungkol sa kulay na ito. Hanggang sa loob ng eskwelahan ko na hawak ng mga madre, may makikita [...]