With Due Respect

Prescription in Duterte’s case in ICC and in PH

In my column on March 24, I wrote that the pivotal issue in the case…

Senators, do you know where you’re going to?

Voting 18-5, the Impeachment Court (IC), in an unusual and unprecedented action, remanded or returned…

A rare peep inside the Supreme Court

Normally, Supreme Court justices are looked upon as a revered set of gruff, unsmiling, cold,…

Double jeopardy waived if accused appeals

In People v. Alcantara taken up last Monday in this space, the government elevated the…

De Lima’s remedies to remain free

In a 12-page decision promulgated on April 30, 2025, the Eighth Division of the Court…

The pope of the peripheries to visit PH

Much has been talked, broadcast, forwarded, and written about Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born,…

 Names married women may use

My curiosity was drawn to an Inquirer item sourced from Kyodo News, that nearly 30…

Labor laws and the gig economy

On May 1 every year, organized labor always rallies for the same demands: higher wages,…

Power women in private professions

Last Monday’s column (see “Let us celebrate Women Suffrage Day,” 4/21/2025) elicited a lot of…

Let us celebrate Woman Suffrage Day

I thank top election lawyer Romulo B. Macalintal for reminding me that the late president…