Francisco S. Tatad

2 weeks ago | manilatimes.net | Francisco S. Tatad

UNLIKE so many of my wiser newspaper colleagues, I try not to look forward to seeing Vice President Sara Duterte being tried on impeachment charges by the Senate impeachment court. I simply leave it in the hands of the Supreme Court which has the final say on the matter. The Constitution mandates it, and Sara has declared herself ready and willing to face it, so I cannot see why the Senate leadership has chosen a way of trying to avoid it.

3 weeks ago | manilatimes.net | Francisco S. Tatad

I HAD serious misgivings about the EDSA mass transport system from the very beginning, yet I am not pleased that my worst fears about it have now been confirmed. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s announced decision to undertake a full rehabilitation of the EDSA light rail system confirmed the need for an upgrade after 32 years, but his eventual decision to suspend any rehab for fear of complicating EDSA traffic for at least two years has now become the real problem.

3 weeks ago | manilatimes.net | Francisco S. Tatad

AT the just concluded 46th Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur, President Bongbong Marcos (BBM) tried to make his government's quarrel with China over the South China Sea the key issue at the summit by pushing for a legally binding code of conduct to ensure freedom of navigation and the elimination of tension in the disputed waterway.

1 month ago | manilatimes.net | Francisco S. Tatad

PRESIDENT Bongbong Marcos (BBM) needs a truly functioning Cabinet to help him govern, but we cannot be led into believing that the poor results of the last midterm senatorial election were all due to the middling performance of his Cabinet members, and that he has decided to punish them by asking them to resign. I shall be the first one to say the Cabinet has not always been performing as a real Cabinet, and that is reason enough to junk it even without any grand announcement.

1 month ago | manilatimes.net | Francisco S. Tatad

RETIRED high military and police officials under the Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Mamamayan and religious leaders under the Christian Leaders Council for National Transformation met with members of civil society, and mainstream and social media at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City on Wednesday afternoon to review the results of the midterm senatorial elections.