Dean de la Paz December 23, 2011 7:31am
The Corona Spinea is one of the cruelest instruments of the Passion along with the Roman flagrum, the spear of Longinus, and the nails and the cross. Applied in the controversies now surrounding the Supreme Court (SC) and its highest officer, as symbolic parody, there can perhaps be no other more pregnant with interpretations.
Dean de la Paz November 25, 2011 3:46pm
Even when rendered immobile, bound and virtually imprisoned in an alloy cage, the woman elicits little pity. Practically caged as she is, under arrest and confined to a hospital suite as she gathers strength, far from de-fanged, Gloria Arroyo is still not without means. Worse, she is not without influence.
Dean dela Paz August 18, 2011 12:15pm
There is a member of Aquino’s muddled menagerie who the business community trusted might rise above the fray. But has Mar Roxas been engulfed by the corrosive culture of compromise?
Dean dela Paz June 30, 2011 4:37pm
Here's a list of thirteen reversals by PNoy of policies and pronouncements that reflect the consequences of a laid-back style of management.
Dean dela Paz June 10, 2011 6:22pm
The question of sexual impropriety when it involves high-ranking politicians or heads of powerful organizations from which critical leadership and judgment are expected impacts on valid questions of character.
Dean Dela Paz May 19, 2011 5:11pm
The constitution is clear. It vests in the president only general supervisory powers over the ARMM. That does not include the power to appoint Officers-in-Charge.
Dean Dela Paz March 30, 2011 1:07pm
In the AFP’s criminal underworld, conversion occurs when legitimate appropriations are converted to an unlawful use. The correct technical word is 'malversation'. The non-technical word is 'stealing'.
Dean Dela Paz March 22, 2011 4:54pm
Many will use the rather unseemly term “Holiday" to refer to a bank that suddenly padlocks its doors and switches off its cash dispensers. “Holiday" refers to a cheerful event. A bank holiday is the farthest from that.
Dean Dela Paz February 21, 2011 5:52pm
We might post higher GDP growth, but actually be worse off. A Misery Index may be more appropriate.
Dean Dela Paz December 22, 2010 6:21pm
Some hate Willie Revillame, but many don’t. Because his appeal is commonplace, he is condemned by the high-brow artsy-fartsy.
