IT is not without absolute glee that the first news item I read on Friday morning was that the loathsome former president of the United States had been convicted in his New York City trial for falsifying business records as part of an organized scheme to bury unflattering news stories about him during his 2016 campaign for the presidency. Given how the trial had proceeded over the past six weeks, an acquittal by the 12-person jury would have been incredibly shocking, but that did not make the anticipated outcome any less delightful. It was perhaps even more so because it was as forceful a decision as the jury could possibly make it: conviction on all 34 felony counts being tried and delivered in less than two days, or about half the time even the most optimistic legal experts expected jury deliberations to take.
ALICE Guo became mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, because her incredulous electoral filings slipped through the cracks and the weak spots in our electoral system. The hard questions, such as Were her Commission on Elections (Comelec) documents legitimate? were not even asked despite the screaming red flags and her documented association with a long list of foreign criminals and grifters. Was the constitutional guardrail on the citizenship provision, the basic requirement for those seeking electoral posts, set aside by local electoral officials dazzled by her display of wealth and ostentatiousness? Was her main rival for mayor, a village captain with barely any resources, intimidated by Guo s support from the then-ruling powers that whatever weak protests he wanted to file on her poseur status were totally ignored and forgotten?
CINEMA was an aspect of the Italian culture that is particularly appreciated by Filipinos, and various film festival are organized yearly to bring Italian movie tradition closer to the Philippine audience.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong have agreed to explore new partnerships to adapt to the changing world as both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen the relations of their countries.