Archive | December, 2009
A portrait of Erap as a public servant

A portrait of Erap as a public servant

16 Dec 2009 4 Comments

The action star turned president. The nocturnal president. The poster boy of corruption. The academically challenged president.
Joseph Estrada, “Erap” to his millions of tangahanga, suffered miserably in the past. He has been scraped off his office, cutting short his six-year Presidential into two and a half. He has been jailed and convicted. But he [...]

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Reflections
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To hold or not to hold?

To hold or not to hold?

2 Dec 2009 0 Comments

When President Obama decided to release what is touted as the Torture Memos, he was faced with a dilemma: to hold or not to hold those who authorized the memos accountable.
There are those who argue that President Obama should, because it’s an affront to the basic law of the land, the Constitution. On the other [...]

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Citizen Watch, Reflections
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