A few days before the Human Security Act, also known as Anti-Terrorism Law, was to be implemented on July 15, 2007 Senators Rodolfo Biazon and Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. asked for the deferment of the law which senators and congressmen deliberated upon for a long, long time.
Were they absent or were they asleep during such deliberations?
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By simply viewing the brief video footage by GMA 7 on the firefight in Basilan on July 11 where 14 marines were killed, Sen. Antonio Trillanes concluded that the mortars used by the soldiers were defective and demanded an investigation.
It is possible next time he dreams he will demand an investigation.
At Oakwood did Trillanes and his cohorts use defective weapons also?
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Why is publication of the Human Security Act specified to be done in local newspapers in certain areas of the country only but none in Bicol?
A controversial piece of legislation that involves possible curtailment of human rights should have the widest publicity possible, even translated to dialects for every Filipino to understand.
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Much publicized priest turned politician Gov. Eddie Panlilio seemed to be starting on the wrong foot.
He had asked blanket authority from the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to enter into formal agreements, sign contracts and transactions.
That, according to Vice Gov. Joseller Guiao would be “highly irregular” and would negate the principle of check and balance.
Panlilio probably thinks that everything he is doing or about to do is God’s will
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Early this month China executed a cabinet official, Zheng Xiaoyu, 62, director of China’s Food and Drugs Administration, after he was found guilty of accepting 6.5 million yuan ($850,000.00) in bribes in exchange for granting approvals for hundreds of medicines some of which proved dangerous.
If this can only happen in the Philippines.
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Many Pacquiao is said to be studying English. He should also study Math or simple arithmetic. He didn’t know how to properly pay his Customs duties when he brought in a new luxury car.
