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THE SONA: A RANKING OF PREFERENCES

Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III Rodrigo Duterte’s 2018 State of the Nation Address (SONA) addressed a lot of issues. And depending

GOOD TRIP, BAD TRIP

Yellow Pad By Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III I thought last week was going to be a good week. On the rare occasion that I read the newspaper, I fo

KIDNAP FOR RANSOM: STATE OF FAILURE IN THE FACE OF LAWLESSNESS

Where I am, it is the buyer’s market for mangoes. You get a liberal splash of mango slices at breakfast in the hotel or P25 per kilogram for

TRAVAILS OF THE BBL: SHADES OF WHAT SIN TAX LAW WENT THROUGH

What do the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) and the sin tax law have in common? To begin with, the process to put in place good rules takes so lo

IS THE CONSTITUTION THE ENEMY OF GENUINE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMY?

WITH NO little pacifistic glee, President Benigno S. C. Aquino III endorsed to Congress sometime in September last year the draft Bangsamoro

TRADE-OFF: GIVING UP PEACE FOR MARWAN

Trade-off: “The giving up of one desired objective in order to attain another, when both cannot be achieved at the same time.” (The Free Dic