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SC not JBC can stop Gloria — ex-Justice chief By Benjamin B. Pulta 01/25/2010

Monday, January 25, 2010


TUQUERO HITS NOYNOY FOR UNDERMINING JUDICIARY

SC not JBC can stop Gloria — ex-Justice chief


By Benjamin B. Pulta
01/25/2010

The debate on the constitutionality of President Arroyo’s residual power to appoint the next Chief Justice (CJ) days before she relinquishes power got hotter yesterday after a former Justice secretary said the Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) cannot stop Arroyo from appointing the Supreme Court head even if it withholds a shortlist of candidates but members of the high tribunal can.

The decision whether or not to choose a replacement belongs solely to the Chief Executive, Artemio Tuquero, Justice Secretary of former President Joseph Estrada and a key official of the influential Iglesia ni Cristo, said yesterday...... MORE


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Childish arguments FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 01/25/2010


Childish arguments


FRONTLINE

Ninez Cacho-Olivares
01/25/2010

Amusing is the right word to describe two presidential candidates
arguing over their survey numbers, and how they continue to spin them to their advantage.

The camp of Nacionalista Party top bet Manny Villar comes out with a Villar commissioned survey, alongside a press release saying that the survey numbers, separating him from Liberal Party’s top bet Noynoy Aquino, are now closer and that Villar is fast-catching up with Aquino in the surveys.

And there is of course that PR that says Villar has not lost momentum, as the December survey shows..... MORE


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Let SC sort it out EDITORIAL 01/25/2010


Let SC sort it out


EDITORIAL

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01/25/2010

It appears that the civil socialites that are conversely known as the Yellow Army are priming up for another major upheaval when President Arroyo, who by the treacherous nature she was known for in the past nine years, imminently picks a new Chief Justice before she leaves the presidency on June 30.

Arroyo and the group, which are avidly pushing a Noynoy presidency, used to be fierce allies during the 2001 power grab that yanked democratically-elected President Joseph Estrada from office..... MORE


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The economist’s economist ZOOMING IN Rudy Romero 01/25/2010


The economist’s economist


ZOOMING IN

Rudy Romero
01/25/2010

Oftentimes undergraduates find that they can learn more about the subject if they simply read a well-written basic textbook authored by an authority on the subject. They tend to believe, in such a situation, that they will fare just as well reading the book as attending classes on the subject.

A case in point is Economics, which was written in the early 1950s by Paul Samuelson, a professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), whose economics department he helped build into arguably the best in the US academic firmament. Professor Samuelson died just before Christmas in a small town in his beloved Massachusetts. He was 94..... MORE


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