Redemption is the title of my column for today. There will be some readers puzzled by this column. To understand how I reached this point, you may wish to go over the following past entries in this blog and elsewhere: Nationalism, my column in the Inquirer on August 19, 2002. Media can’t be liable for [...]

Susan Roces looked radiant. “The last time I was here, it was concerning the decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal regarding the candidacy of my husband. I wanted to know the truth as to how all our votes were treated… This was for all of us, regardless of candidate… They didn’t give us a chance…It [...]

The big announcement came at the Polo Club. It started off like a stump speech. “We regularly need to take a frank assessment of where were are, and where we’re going…The fact we’re making this progress, in spite of the noise of Philippine politics.. is proof my macroeconimc policies… are putting us on the path [...]

At 11:30 am the President is expected to announce that her husband (Mike), son (Mikey), and brother in law (Iggy) are leaving the country and will only come home for the Christmas holidays, unless summoned for legal purposes. ANC broke this based on what it considered highly reliable sources, but no statement was explicitly made [...]

On June 16 I wrote on where I stood, and what I felt the President must do. She has spoken. In the light of my appeal on June 16 for consistency, I must examine what she said, in light of my expressed expectations. I said, the President must be forthright with her people and disabuse [...]

Defensor: Now that the President has said that the conversation was wiretapped, Congress can no longer play it. That’s the gist of his view on ANC a few minutes ago. This will cause trouble. At first blush: the President only verified her conversations, but there remains no official statement on which recording is the “reliable” [...]

At 7:00 p.m. exactly, the President began her broadcast from the Presidential Study in the Palace. The results of the election, she pointed out, had been predicted and the elections deemed credible by foreign observers. “I recognize making any such call was a lapse in judgement. I am sorry.” She regrets taking so long to [...]

A source who doesn’t want to be identified tells me the President’s announcement tonight will go as follows: She will admit it’s her on the tape. She will say it’s improper but not illegal. She’ll apologize and banish the three amigos. This was the game plan, anyway, as of 9 am this morning, but there [...]

Noted Constitutionalist and jurist Joaquin Bernas, SJ points out that the tape(s) are within every representative’s right to play (though the majority can then kick out a congressman for doing so), and are a matter of public interest. His inaugural column for the Inquirer thus positions the House of Representatives to reject the Palace’s call [...]

Image looted from Retzwerx It has been little over a week since I wrote Where I Stand. Things are still confusing, but this early on, I think some things are getting clearer. What are these things? One: the President won’t budge. Two: The opposition won’t learn. Three: The public remains skeptical of both sides. I. [...]