FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey Lina As our country commemorated Independence Day last Sunday, the back-to-back diplomatic protests lodged against China a couple of days earlier for encroaching in Philippine waters got me thinking on what more should be done to get respect for our...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Last Sunday was quite memorable for two first-ever wins that reverberated across the world of sports. One was the awesome feat of the Philippine women’s football team to finally secure a spot for our country in the highly prestigious FIFA World...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The Senate and the general public were “fed with false promises, bloated projections and misleading claims” on the supposed benefits of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement. Thus, the Senate ought to “reject,...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It is undeniable that most Filipinos are optimists who believe that every New Year always brings renewed hope. The perennial sense of optimism, which can be high even among those who felt Christmas was so sad, has been shown in various surveys...
FINDING ANSWER Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Enlightenment is essential and an enlightened citizenry is crucial in attaining prosperity for all Filipinos. This conclusion can be reached as one contemplates on the thinking of Dr. Jose Rizal whose martyrdom 125 years ago will be commemorated by a...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Christmas is usually the most joyous time of the year when love and compassion binds humanity with abundance of generosity and reconciliation. And this year’s yuletide season ought to be no different. Now is an opportune time to let the Christmas...
Finding Answers Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Is democracy inherently dysfunctional and double-edged? If it’s true that “democracies can deliver by improving the lives of their own people,” how come the Philippines, called the oldest democracy in Asia, faltered miserably? Can democracy...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The sudden emergence of the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus did not come as a surprise to health experts who have warned against the perils of lagging efforts to vaccinate 70 percent of the world population. With large swaths of the planet...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina Yesterday’s front page news in the Manila Bulletin was reassuring. That countries like Japan, Australia, France, and Germany have expressed support for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and the 2016 arbitral award that...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina After two weeks of wrangling, 197 countries adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact with advocates divided on whether the recently-concluded COP26 climate summit was a success, a failure, or simply somewhere in between. The climate agreement brokered by...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina It’s not as spectacular as the conversion of St. Paul who was transformed from being the most intense persecutor of early Christians to one of the most ardent followers of Jesus, but it’s remarkable nevertheless. The recent news that my good...
FINDING ANSWERS Former Senator Atty. Joey D. Lina The information released last week by the Department of Justice on its review of 52 cases concerning drug war deaths confirms what most Filipinos believe and knew all along: The “nanlaban” narrative usually peddled by police doesn’t hold...
