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With Due Respect - Philippine Daily Inquirer

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