The nation is still reeling from the health, economic and other effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, and now we face another major issue that pricks a Filipino’s sentiments, not just because of its possible sweeping effect, but because of its ill-timing. Congress (and the Senate as of this writing) has proposed legislation (a bill) called […]
A few days ago, the country was faced with the prospect of nine-year-old children in conflict wiith the law (child criminals, loosely speaking) spending years in jail, for crimes committed under special penal laws and the Revised Penal Code, thanks to the new bill being finalized and debated on by the House of Representatives amending […]
“…[B]ut if there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought—not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate.” [1] Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes The video of a Quezon City school saltutatorian’s speech […]