Juan Ponce-Enrile Archives

Against Rewriting History: Inquirer on the Marcoses’ Revisionism

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its series on how social media is being weaponized by the Marcos family to advance their political interests and revise Philippine history.... Read more

Inquirer Ordered to Pay for Enrile Libel

CMFR/PHILIPPINES—An August 22 decision by the Court of Appeals (CA) ordered the Philippine Daily Inquirer to pay former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile P1.3 million in damages for a... Read more

Mamasapano Revisited: The Press Got Played

SENATE HEARINGS in aid of legislation are an important part of democracy. The very nature of these hearings – senators have subpoena and contempt powers and are immune... Read more

Keeping Track of PDAF Scam

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for a report that looked into the slow progress in the investigation of lawmakers implicated in the pork-barrel scandal and the failure by... Read more

Rethinking ‘mug shot’ publication

By Luis V. Teodoro THE PUBLICATION of the “mug shot” of any individual is ethically questionable, but has been routine media practice in the Philippines. In some countries, for... Read more

Rethinking ‘mug shot’ publication

THE PUBLICATION of the "mug shot" of any individual is ethically questionable, but has been routine media practice in the Philippines. In some countries, for example in the... Read more

More thoughts on EDSA

On the first anniversary of People Power in 1987, I had pledged that I would come each year to remember; that I would light a candle somewhere on the... Read more

Revilla’s bandwagon: A destructive campaign

But no one can expect corruption to be cleaned up overnight. In the Philippines, the virus has been given too much time to fester. It has weakened the political... Read more

Pork-barrel scam: a billion per year for ten years

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a six-part investigative series that revived public interest in and widespread discussion on the pork barrel, which for years has been the... Read more

Kasalanan ba ang EDSA?

I could not say no, when asked to be patched in for a radio interaction with students. The program: UNTV Radio LA VERDAD 1350 kHz which had launched "Student... Read more