Wretched

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on September 27, 2018 · 36 Comments 

by Wilfredo G. Villanueva (This article was written before Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 25 by a team led by Makati police chief Senior Superintendent Rogelio Simon for the charge of rebellion, based on an arrest warrant issued by Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 150 Executive Judge Elmo Alameda.) This … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

“That’s the Story of My Life”, an Interview with Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV

Posted by Wilfredo G. Villanueva on September 25, 2018 · 133 Comments 

by Wilfredo G. Villanueva “Cannot justice be bought?” I asked, referring to his hearings at regional trial courts to determine cause for arrest. “I’m not ready to say that. Hindi naman ako naive enough to assume that the judicial system is working perfectly, but there is always hope,” Sen. Antonio F. Trillanes IV (SAFT) said—inscrutable, … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Family/Parenting/Children, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Did President Duterte inadvertently give people the idea of “President Trillanes”?

Posted by JoeAm on September 10, 2018 · 296 Comments 

By JoeAm By any measure, Senator Trillanes’ amnesty case has further eroded President Duterte’s reputation of total, complete authority. The beating the President and his men have been taking is worse than that by the Arroyo coup of the House leadership which sat the President aside in the waiting room for an hour, like a … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government, Philippine Politics

Senator Trillanes, Day 4. DID AFP officers over-reach?

Posted by JoeAm on September 7, 2018 · 205 Comments 

By JoeAm Dateline Philippines, September 7, 2018 I don’t know about you, but I was on edge all morning, running now and then to the television to see if the AFP had descended on the Senate to arrest Senator Trillanes. But nothing. At around 10:00, the Senator appeared for his daily press conference, exhausted from … Continue reading →

Category Citizenship/Patriotism, Crime/Corruption, Foreign Affairs and Defense, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government

Impunity, Solicitor General Calida, and Senator Trillanes

Posted by JoeAm on September 5, 2018 · 117 Comments 

By JoeAm We normally think of impunity as a bad thing, something powerful government officials have. They operate with an overbearing sense of entitlement as they wang wang their way through town or set themselves up for commissions on another construction project or, in President Duterte’s case, do illegal acts such as inspire killings outside … Continue reading →

Category Crime/Corruption, Laws and Ethics, Philippine Government