One does not have to be a lawyer to understand that if there’s is no offense, there is no trial.
As Frank Chavez, counsel for Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, puts it simply to the panel presiding in the court martial of the 28 officers who allegedly planned to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo in February 2006, “That’s common sense, Your Honor.”
by Yvonne Chua and Luz Rimban
Vera Files
(First of two parts)
When public high school sophomores get the new Social Studies textbook next week, they will be holding in their hands what could be a source of a diplomatic irritant: the book mentions Taiwan as a “country” separate from the People’s Republic of China, in violation of the one-China policy which the Philippine government upholds.
Ang drama ngayon ni Gloria Arroyo ay “legacy” daw- and ipamana niyang pangmatagalan sa sambayanang Pilipino.
Kaya nandiyan yung mga proposal ng kanyang mga alagad na dagdag raw sa sahod, ibaba raw ang kuryente, libreng text at kung ano-ano pang pakulo na sa isip niya ay makamasa. Akala naman niya naloloko niya ang taumbayan.
Ang gusto niyang palabasin ay talagang bababa na siya sa 2010 at hindi na niya ipagpipilit ang charter change. Gusto raw nila maala-ala siya ng taumbayan sa mga magandang bagay.