Tag: Philippine Matters
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Philippine History
I bought some new books from PCBS today and while there I bumped into a friend who writes a weekly column for a local daily. We fell into talking about theology and local politics, and soon the conversation turned to Philippine History and authors of books on Philippine History, such as Agoncillo, Constantino, Gregorio Zaide […]
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Liberty Without Virtue
I’m presently reading a very good article by Os Guinness on Religious Liberty and the Rebuilding of the Public Philosophy, entitled, A World Safe for Diversity. I’m sorry I can’t give the link at this time; I downloaded it, printed it out and forgot what website I got it from. Anyway, here are some good […]
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I just discovered that Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban has an on-line book entitled Leadership by Example (sub-titled The Davide Standard). I reckon from the chapter headings (especially ch. 6, “The Death Penalty Law: The Debate Continues” and ch. 7, “Warrantless Arrests and Seizures Revisited”) that it’s bound to be an interesting read.
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PP 1017 is Partly Constitutional.
In a previous post I predicted that the Supreme Court would probably declare Proclamation No. 1017 constitutional: “On its face the document appears sound and probably will survive a constitutional challenge.” It turned out I was correct – well, almost. In Randolf David, et al. v. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, et al. (G.R. No. 171396) the Supreme […]
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More on the Death Penalty
Over at the Philippine Inquirer Michael L. Tan wrote a very good defense of the anti-death penalty position. Click here to read it. His arguments are not new but he does score some points against the pro-death deterrence argument by pointing out that "In the Philippines, the role of the death penalty in deterring crime […]
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Death Penalty
The latest controversy in Philippine politics today is the death penalty – thanks to GMA's "Easter gift" of commuting around 1,200 death penalty sentences to life imprisonment. On the one hand, you can hear sighs of relief over what is perceived as a welcome and long overdue development; on the other, you can hear the […]