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March 2010: 07: Why did Comelec junk two poll safeguards?
February 2010: 28: Help Comelec anyway; 21: Divorce, Pinoy style; 14: Justice and love on Valentine’s Day; 07: Can the Senate stop an Arroyo holdover?
January 2010: 31: How Arroyo can prolong her stay; 24: Prepare for manual election now; 17: Stop demonizing the Supreme Court; 10: Squandering the people’s trust; 03: The past and the future
December 2009: 27: Chief Justice of the Philippines; 20: Uphold the Constitution; 13: Dress her down anyway; 06: A great Filipino; Comelec dilemma
November 2009: 29: Nuisance candidates; versatile jurist; 22: Overwhelming victory; 15: Antidotes to automated ‘dagdag-bawas’; 08: No-el, no-proc and no-win; 01: Election queries answered at ehope2010.ph
October 2009: 25: How do you solve a problem like Estrada?; 18: Trust; 11: MVP is education czar; PRC’s 60th year; 04: Melo welcomes e-Hope 2010
September 2009: 27: National consensus for e-Hope 2010; 20: Premature campaign; automation back-up plans; 13: Vigilance still needed; hail Archbishop Soc; 06: Destiny and aspiration
August 2009: 30: Cory’s special affection for teachers; 23: Limits of presidential power; 16: Is Justice Del Castillo’s appointment valid?; 09: Like Cory or like Ferdie; 02: Jolting assault on JBC
July 2009: 26: Televise the SC automation hearing; 19: For or against Cha-cha; 12: Prioritize voter education; 05: Awesome gathering power
June 2009: 28: How the SC decides cases (2); 21: How the SC decides cases; 14: Tollways for progress; 07: Neither fraud-proof nor error-free
May 2009: 31: No-proc nightmares; 24: Lessons in automating elections; 17: Tycoon and philanthropist; 10: Democracy, development and free trade; 03: Pandora’s box of imponderables
April 2009: 26: Party-list imponderables; 19: Is Cha-cha dead?; 13: Did Galman kill Ninoy? / Commentary; 12: Healing of the heart; 05: Cha-cha, martial law and holdover
March 2009: 29: Will Charter change derail 2010 elections?; 22: Who masterminded Ninoy’s murder?; 15: Who killed Ninoy Aquino?; 08: Action center for senior citizens; 01: Making sense of the WB report
February 2009: 22: Win for veterans; remedies for VFA; 15: Seniors’ privileges; 14: Junk VFA; treat accused like any other (Special Commentary); 08: Saving the economy; 01: Worsening
January 2009: 25: CJ Puno and Ombudsman Gutierrez; 18: Political terrorism; 11: Bequeathing an independent court; 04: Three Grands: A Piano Celebration
December 2008: 28: An extraordinary court; 21: Understanding China; 14: Arroyo’s options; 07: GAJE and Tofil
November 2008: 30: Is Cha-cha still possible?; 23: JPE, Manny and Kiko; 16: Differ without being difficult; 09: Are directors liable for VAT?; 02: Justice without borders
October 2008: 26: Questions on the MOA-AD decision; 20: Victory for the Constitution; 13: Responsibility for selecting justices; 06: A libertarian decision; a decent jurist
September 2008: 28: Vigilance, not anxiety; 21: Never again, never ever; 14: Malaysia’s role in the peace process; 07: Decide the MOA issues fully
August 2008: 31: Insufficient safeguards; 24: Meek and humble of heart; 17: The real Cha-cha goal; 10: US Supreme Court bashes Bush; 03: US jurisprudence affects us
July 2008: 27: Will Arroyo win the Cha-cha war?; 20: Can Arroyo reign beyond 2010?; 13: Reactions to 'Most corrupt'; 06: Most corrupt
June 2008: 29: Happy 100th birthday to UP; 23: Arroyo's legacy in education; 15: Education for all; 08: Presidential secrecy; 01: Independent director of Meralco
May 2008: 26: Agony over Jelac; 18: Canada needs 30,000 workers, preferably OFWs; 11: Public scrutiny of the Supreme Court; 04: Supreme Court-media relation
April 2008: 28: Should libel be decriminalized?; 20: How to pass, nay, top the bar exams; 13: How Arroyo can help produce better lawyers; 06: Are the Senate investigation rules valid?
March 2008: 30: Arroyo Supreme Court?; 23: Country, democracy and economy; 16: Untrammeled search for truth; 09: Let Neri testify; 02: Rage for truth
February 2008: 25: Risks in airing Hello Garci; a courageous jurist; 17: Hail to the Court; a toast to truth; 10: Arroyo to ease OFW woes; 04: Hope
January 2008: 28: Concurring and dissenting; 20: OFWs unite! ‘A Test of Courage’; 13: More OFW gripes; 06: Shabby treatment of OFWs at airport
December 2007: 31: Philippine philanthropy; 24: Intangible wealth of nations; 16: National Union of Students of the Philippines; 09: Danding wins San Miguel but loses Cocobank; 02: Why the Trillanes caper failed
November 2007: 26: Suppressing Neri’s testimony; 19: May Erap’s pardon be revoked by GMA?; 11: Qualified concurrence to Jpepa; 05: Constitutionality of Jpepa
October 2007: 28: Writ of Amparo vs AO 197; 21: Watershed in good governance; 14: Q and A on the Comelec leadership; 07: Choosing credible Comelec leaders
September 2007: 30: For or against Arroyo; 23: Solving the judicial vacancy problem; 17: Reforming the Judicial and Bar Council; 10: Role of the Judicial and Bar Council; 03: The rings of a happy marriage
August 2007: 27: Soul of the Ramos presidency; 19: Conscience of the nation; 13: Arroyo’s legacy; 05: Vision of Cardinal Rosales
July 2007: 30: Legal empowerment of the poor; 23: Criticisms of the Panganiban formula; 16: Law, mathematics and the party-list system; 09: Means and ends; 01: Transformation in Pampanga
June 2007: 25: Japan, the new and the old; 17: A dream coming true; 10: How to address Filipino magistrates; 03: When litigants may choose their own judges
May 2007: 28: Mediation: A useful tool to unclog dockets; 21: Hot seat in the Supreme Court; 16: Incomplete victory; 07: Another slap on the Comelec
April 2007: 30: Is the bar exam still necessary?; 23: Reinventing the bar exams; 15: Bar exam roll of honor; 10: Two standards of judicial review; 02: Subverting the popular will
March 2007: 26: Cleansing and reforming the judiciary; 19: Why the CBCP does not choose candidates; 12: PPCRV: The catholic church in politics; 05: Jose Wright Diokno
February 2007: 26: Respecting democratic institutions; 19: Liberty and prosperity under the rule of law; 12: Visionary leadership by example