A SEASONED POLITICIAN

THE NEW SENATE PRESIDENT, SENATOR VICENTE "TITO" SOTTO IS A SEASONED POLITICIAN. HE IS THE MOST SENIOR AMONG THE SITTING SENATOR TODAY IN THE SENATE.

ACCORDING TO HIM, HE WANTS TO BE HONEST AND NEUTRAL. THE VERY REASON WHY HE DOES NOT SIGN THE SENATE RESOLUTION AGAINST QUO WARRANTO BECAUSE HE BELIEVES THAT THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON QUO WARRANTO PETITION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IMPEACHMENT COMPLAIN AGAINST CHIEF JUSTICE MARIA LOURDES SERENO.

HE ADDED THAT WHEN YOU STUDY IT FURTHER, YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT THE PETITION TO OUST CHIEF JUSTICE SERENO BY WAY OF QUO WARRANTO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IMPEACHMENT. IT WAS ONLY LINK BY PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHMENT.

TO PROVE THAT HIS ASSERTION IS RIGHT, HE CITED TO EXAMPLES. FIRST, HE CITED THE ELECTORAL PROTEST AGAINST VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBLEDO, WHICH CAN BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE IF THE ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DECIDES IN FAVOR OF FORMER SENATOR FERDINAND MARCOS JR.

YES, THE SEASONED POLITICIAN IS RIGHT THAT VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBLEDO, AN IMPEACHABLE OFFICIAL CAN BE REMOVED FROM HER POST. BUT THE CASE OF VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBLEDO IS DIFFERENT FROM THE CASE OF CHIEF JUSTICE LOURDES SERENO AND THEREFORE THEY CAN NOT BE COMPARED OF.

IF FORMER SENATOR FERDINAND MARCOS JR WON THE ELECTION, THEN, VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBLEDO HAS NO AUTHORITY AT ALL TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.

HOW ABOUT IF YOU FOUND OUT THAT PRESIDENT DUTERTE IS NOT A FILIPINO CITIZEN? WHAT DO YOU DO? IMPEACH HIM? NO! HIS INSINUATION IS QUO WARRANTO,

IN HIS TWO EXAMPLES, THE VICE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESIDENT THOUGH AN IMPEACHABLE OFFICIALS CAN BE REMOVED BY QUO WARRANTO AND ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DECISION BECAUSE IN THE FIRST PLACE BOTH OF THEM HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO HOLD OFFICE. IN THE EXAMPLE GIVEN, VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBLEDO LOST TO SENATOR FERDINAND MARCOS AND PRESIDENT DUTERTE'S DISQUALIFICATION BECAUSE OF HIS CITIZENSHIP.

IN WHAT AUTHORITY MARIA LOURDES SERENO HOLD HER POST AS THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE LAND?

FIRST, THE POSITION WAS DECLARED VACANT.

SECOND, THE JBC CONVENES.

THIRD, APPLICATIONS ARE FILLED.

FOURTH, LIST OF APPLICANTS IS PUBLISHED.

FIFTH, APPLICANTS ARE SCREENED BY THE JBC BASED ON SET OF QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDING BACKGROUND CHECK.

SIXTH, THEY SHALL ALSO EVALUATED ACCORDING TO:

1. COMETENCE - EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION, EXPERIENCE, PERFORMANCE AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

2. INTEGRITY - EVIDENCE OF INTEGRITY, BACKGROUND CHECK, TESTIMONIES OF PARTIES, ANONYMOUS TESTIMONIES,

3. PROBITY AND INDEPENDENCE.

4. SOUND PHYSICAL, MENTAL, EMOTIONAL CONDITION - MEDICAL DOCUMENTS, PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC TESTS.

CHIEF JUSTICE SERENO PASSED ALL OF THESE. NOW TELL US, CAN THE CHIEF JUSTICE BE REMOVED FROM HER POST THROUGH QUO WARRANTO?

"SALUBONG" - SEMANA SANTA 2019

I WAS RAISED AS ROMAN CATHOLIC BY MY PARENTS. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS CONVERTED TO BAPTIST. THEN MY JOURNEY AS A BIBLE BELIEVER AND MY CURIOSITY TO KNOW RELIGION BECOMES STRONGER. I FOUND MYSELF STUDYING THE BIBLE IN BETHANY BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE IN DIAN ST. MAKATI CITY. THERE, I FINISHED MY BASIC BIBLE COURSE. THEN I PURSUE MY BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY DEGREE IN CENTRAL BIBLE COLLEGE. I ALSO TOOK SPECIAL COURSES IN PRESBYTERIAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY WHERE I FINISH MY SPECIAL COURSE IN THEOLOGY. I HEARD ABOUT "SALUBONG" DURING SEMANA SANTA, AND MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, SEEN THIS DURING MY CHILDHOOD BUT MY MEMORIES HAS BEEN ERASED BY SO MANY NEW INPUTS ENTERED TO MY BRAIN. FROM A REFORMED CATHOLIC VIEW AND FROM WHAT I WITNESSED THIS MORNING, LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF THE "SALUBONG". THE WHOLE CHRISTIANITY WAS SADDENED BY THE NEWS OVER THE DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST THROUGH CRUCIFIXION MUCH MORE MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS BEAR THE PAIN.

FIRE DANCERS OF PUERTO GALERA

IF YOU HAPPEN TO SPEND YOUR REST AND RECREATION IN WHITE SAND BEACH RESORT OF PUERTO GALERA, ORIENTAL MINDORO, PHILIPPINES, YOUR DAY WILL NEVER BE COMPLETED WITHOUT SEEING THE FIERY PERFORMANCE OF FIRE DANCERS OF PUERTO GALERA WHO DANCES TO ENTERTAIN THEIR GUESTS ON DONATION BASIS ONLY. THIS VIDEO IS COURTESY OF MY FRIEND MS. FRANCES KATHLEEN REYES FERRER. I PERSONALLY ENJOY THIS AND HOPE THAT MY READERS WILL ALSO LIKE IT. SO ENJOY WATCHING THIS VIDEO.

WHAT HAS BEEN BROKEN IS BROKEN

"Nothing is ever truly broken". That is the philosophy behind the ancient Japanese Arts of Kintsugi, which repairs smashed pottery by using beautiful seams of gold. This practice started way, way back in the 15th Century when Japanese Military Commander Ashikaga Yoshimasa accidentally broke one of his favorite Chinese tea pot. (picture taken from BBC Arts Get Creative) Because he loves so much the tea pot, Commander Yoshimasa went to repair shop to get it fixed.But he was dismay over the result. From then on, Japanese Craftsmen come up with more pleasing method of repair. As you can see it from the illustration above and because of the treatment and application being applied no trace of evidence that it was formerly broken into pieces. I wish that this method of fixing broken teapots either made of glass or ceramic can also be applied in our relationship once it was broken into pieces. Carrie Jones, Entice said;"You know, life fractures us all into little p

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