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#CJSereno Impeachment: House Finds Probable Cause

House Justice Committee conducts a finding of a probable cause on the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno. With votes of 38-4, the House finds a probable cause.

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Look! Sec. Bong Go to Rappler, Inquirer, "Nakakatulog Pa Ba Kayo?"

Look! Sec. Bong Go to Rappler, Inquirer, “Nakakatulog Pa Ba Kayo?”

This afternoon in the Senate hearing on #Frigate, Secretary Bong Go challenges Rappler and Inquirer to show evidence that he, indeed, intervenes the Frigate deal. Bong Go inquires, “Rappler and Inquirer, nakakatulog pa ba kayo? (A sarcastic question that one way or another could mean if they could still bear the guilt overnight.)”

Sec. Bong Go, asks Sen. Grace Poe, committee chair on the Senate…

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ICC to Arrest President Duterte; Reasons Why He Might Rather Ignore It

ICC to Arrest President Duterte; Reasons Why He Might Rather Ignore It

A Preliminary Examination Into a Crime Against Humanity

ICC Prosecutor vs. Then Davao City Prosecutor On 8 February 2017, almost 10 months from the filing of communication on 24 April 2017, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda released a Statement signifying to open a preliminary examination into the mass murder situation in the Philippines reportedly committed by then…

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Mitt Romney Needs Only Young and Winnable Marco Rubio

Mitt Romney Needs Only Young and Winnable Marco Rubio

(This article was first published on AllVoices when I was then, a Stringer)

Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio on U.S. elections

While some political analysts “decline” him mostly for being lack of experience, Marco Rubio, as his reply, told Fox News,

I certainly am not the most experienced person in Washington, D.C., but by the same token, I certainly have experience serving in government and…

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State of the Union 2018: Trump Stands Even Taller with His Achievements!

2018 State of the Union of President Donald Trump

When President Trump Stands Even Taller with His Achievements “So let’s begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. And together we are building a safe, strong, and proud America,” President Donald Trump in his optimistic vision to make America great again in his administration. The 2018 State…

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Fake News: What Most of Us Don't Understand About It?

Fake News: What Most of Us Don’t Understand About It?

What Defines Fake News, Defines Us

It was just not so long ago that fake news became such global blockbuster that even the no less than a caretaker of truth from the Catholic world Pope Francis shared his reflection that it began right from the book of Genesis.(cruxnow.com) (more…)

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Chinese New Year Holiday 2018: What Countries Make It a Holiday?

What Countries in the World Celebrate Chinese New Year a Public Holiday?

Chinese New Year Holiday 2018

The Lunar New Year—the Chinese New Year holiday. It is considered the most important event in the Chinese calendar. February 16 marks the Chinese New Year holiday 2018. Chinese all over the world celebrate this Spring Festival in their most traditional way of making it the most worth it celebrated event every year. (more…)

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Why Philippines' Abstention from the UN Vote the Worst Move?

Why Philippines’ Abstention from the UN Vote the Worst Move?

  The United Nations General Assembly on December 21, 2017, voting for the nonbinding resolution calling on member states to refrain from moving their embassies to Jerusalem. The votes are 128-9 in favor of the resolution, 35 member states abstain, including the Philippines. (Image: from UN.org)

  When the Philippines’ Abstention from the UN Vote Means Incompetence

December 21, 2017, the day that

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Roughly 38% Passed the 2017 Real Estate Broker Licensure

2017 Real Estate Broker Licensure Results

Of 2,230 examinees who took the December 2017 Real Estate Broker Licensure Examination in Manila, Baguio, Cagayan De Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, Lucena, Pagadian, and Tuguegarao only 841 passed the examination as posted by Professional Regulation Commission, December 19, 2017. The number of passers is roughly 38% of the total number of examinees.

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Google SEO Guide 2017: Google is also innovating to help us keep abreast by providing us new ways and tools to keep our website doing well.

LOOK: Google has made changes in their SEO practices that webmasters MUST READ!

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LOOK: Google SEO Guide 2017—Must-Read Changes!

SEO Revolution: Google SEO Guide 2017

This Google SEO Guide 2017 is what Google refers to their SEO Starter Guide and the Webmaster Academy resources that webmasters beginners and some SEO experts have been using for years as a reference for best practices to making websites do better on search engine rankings. (more…)

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Despite Limit to Declare Martial Law, What Makes Duterte Supreme? • MBO | MainBarOnline

On Duterte martial law, what makes him supreme? With his effective, excellent approval leadership, he could make the Congress sullen.

ICYMI: President Duterte Loyal Supporters maybe as good as what President Rodrigo Duterte's wants and ambitions for the country. The anticipated Constitutional change will draw a bold line between the subtlety of power greed and the obvious political interest defensive mechanisms. What makes President Duterte supreme is a phenomenon nearing the ripe of time.

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Chief Justice Sereno Crisis 101: A Challenge to the Chief Justice to Tell the Truth

Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. A. Sereno faces a verified impeachment complaint filed by Atty. Lorenzo “Larry” Gadon. (Photo Credit: Supreme Court of the Philippines) Chief Justice Sereno Crisis Is Telling the Truth

When the foundation of a public service enshrined in the 1987 Philippine constitution is undermined by a conspiratorial abuse of power, greed, self-interest,…

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Is PH Ms. Universe 2017 Cramming for the Crown?

PH Ms. Universe 2017 Leaked Gown Brouhaha: A Lame Publicity?

Beauty, brains, aplomb or poise, and an X-factor could fare a candidate well to getting a crown. That was so yesterday. Miss Universe pageant has been kept on advancing—how the candidates prepare for it, the format it showcases, and how it becomes interactive. Will PH Ms. Universe 2017 make it?    (more…)

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Atty. Gadon Accuses Chief Justice Sereno of Falsification

Atty. Lorenzo G. Gadon is the complainant of the impeachment case against the PH Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

The House of Representatives Committee on Justice led by Representative Umali, chairman, deliberates on the allegation against Chief Justice Sereno on the ground of culpable violation of the Constitution by committing falsification, November 22, 2017. (more…)

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CJ Sereno, Impeachment, and Her Sereno Court

CJ Sereno Impeachment: What’s So Special with CJ?

Chief Justice. Sometimes inadequately understood and often overly contemplated resulting in an exercise of an extra authority—out-of-the-box thinking what modern thinkers may respectfully call it. (more…)

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#ASEAN2017: What Makes Sass Sasot Improper?

#ASEAN2017: What Makes Sass Sasot Improper?

#ASEAN2017 and Sass Rogando Sasot vs BBC reporter

What Makes Sasot Improper? Notoriety, indeed, has become the new game for those who called themselves “gifted” at least. For a blogger who becomes viral with over millions of likes and set a “record-breaking” followers on social media, that blogger is called major blogger, at least in the level of the vocabulary of understanding of this blogger…

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