With Due Respect

Protecting and projecting national interest

Why is China—a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea…

The Maritime Zones Act, Asean, and China

As expected, China protested the enactment of our Maritime Zones Act (Republic Act No. 12064)…

Trump’s stunning landslide, legal effects

On the night of Election Day, Nov. 5 in America, the political comeback of “fascist”…

Mail-in, early ballots to decide US polls

Tomorrow, Nov. 5, United States time, is the last day for the majority of Americans…

Comelec, GEG knocked but not yet out

The Supreme Court issued temporary restraining orders (TROs) stopping the Commission on Elections (Comelec), chaired…

Quad comm’s ‘telenovela’ and the ICC

The legislative inquiry on the extrajudicial killings, illegal drugs, and illicit Philippine offshore gaming operators…

Quo vadis, George Erwin Garcia?

I have admired George Erwin Garcia to be an election lawyer of competence, integrity, and…

Marital infidelity, abortion, PCP2

A reader observed that last Monday, I said the road to liberalism of our Supreme…

Liberalism vs conservatism

Our Supreme Court and the Catholic Church—the bulwarks of conservatism and tradition—are moving progressively on…

‘Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice’

I am overwhelmed by the many felicitations for the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice award granted…