“I have an agreement with the houseflies. The flies don’t practice law and I don’t walk on the ceiling.” – Groucho Marx
“Gloria Arroyo’s House allies asked the Supreme Court to nullify Pres. Aquino’s executive …

PNoy’s first order of business, judging by his first Executive Order, is to begin to fulfill one of his campaign promises: to put closure on the issues that have hounded the Arroyo government. That this …

MANILA: Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives will challenge the legality of the Truth Commission, House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman said yesterday.

“Without a legal leg to stand on, the planned truth commission is doomed to fail” Philippine Senator Joker Arroyo on the Truth Commission to investigate Gloria Arroyo’s government.

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Aquino signs EO on Truth Commission
By Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
MANILA, Philippines – President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III signed on Friday Executive Order 1, creating the Truth Commission tasked to look into graft and corruption …

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 1
CREATING THE PHILIPPINE TRUTH COMMISSION OF 2010
WHEREAS, Article XI, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines solemnly enshrines the principle that a public office is a public …

“Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
And so the loyal weaver who cloaked his Empress in legalisms played the precocious boy who could see through pretense. …

Marine officers ready to talk about alleged 2004 poll fraud
by Andreo Calonzo
GMANews.Tv
Several senior Marine officers are willing to come out in the open to share vital information regarding the alleged irregularities in the 2004 elections …