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ExcerptMarch 27Jinggoy's New Image

I spoke with Jinggoy by phone the other day about the forthcoming impeachment trial of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez. He told me he plans to spend the Easter break with a litigation lawyer familiar with the constitutional process and give him a full briefing about trial procedures. Jinggoy went to UP but opted to finish in Lyceum with an AB economics degree. His father told me he took up law but by then he was already very active in politics. From what his people tell me, the young senator (who actually finished elementary and high school at the Ateneo) never attends Senate hearings and investigations unprepared, meticulously studying all the angles in any issue. Many people have observed how incisive and intelligent his questions are.
Senators are supposed to be the “cream of the crop” since only a selected few make it to the “Magic 24.” No question the people will be carefully watching the coming impeachment trial and observing how their senators conduct themselves. But perhaps more than the others, it is Jinggoy Estrada who will be closely watched. For one, Merci Gutierrez is perceived to be close to former president and now congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who replaced his ousted father.             
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March 2011

 

Jinggoy's New Image

'Catch-22'

Let The Checks And Balances Work

Our Foreign Policy

 
 

February 2011

 

Knowing When To Exit

The Chinese Connection

'Public Humiliation'

Spanish Goodbyes

 
 

January 2011

 

Explosions Everywhere

Crime Tsunami

'Media and the Courts'

Police By Day, Criminals By Night

Wish List for 2011

 
 

December 2010

 

Taking The Joy Out of Christmas

'If It Doesn't Fit, You Must Acquit'

Commissioning the Truth

The Air Will No Longer Be Free

 
 

November 2010

 

Revisiting the Forces Agreement

"Trial By Publicity"

Championing The Filipino Character

Changing Course

 
 

October 2010

 

The Death of Manila

'The Education of a President'

Faith in Adversity

Even A Thousand Days Will Not Be Enough

'Sila Ang Pari, Sila Ang Hari'

 
 

September 2010

 

Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

'Instant Gratification'

Injustice: The Road to Suicide or Heroism

The Buck Stops With PNoy

 
 

August 2010

 

The wisdom of Hindsight

The New Generation

Privatization: Key to Jumpstarting the Economy

Stopping the Ticking Time Bomb

Meaningful Change: Charter Change

 
 

July 2010

 

Water Shortage: Rumblings of a Social Volcano

"Pag-asa ng Bayan"

Cito Lorenzo

Being President

 
 

June 2010

 

Early Negative Vibes

Mar Roxas' Crucial Role

Binay: "How The West Was Won"

A Total Gun Ban is Unacceptable

 
 

May 2010

 

Smooth Transitions

Similarities Between Obama and Noynoy

The Chief Justice

For Every Death, A Victory

Who Do We Trust: Surveys or The Comelec?

 
 

April 2010

 

A Confluence of Events

We Need Performing Assets in the Senate

Erap: King or Kingmaker?

Democratic Renewal

 
 

March 2010

 

Will Destiny Or History Decide The Next President?

Mood Changes Can Affect Poll Ratings

One Day United, Six Years Divided

It's Now Guns, Goons and Drugs

 
 

February 2010

 

Doy Laurel's "Impossible Dream"

Let's Have The Great Debate

'No Money, No Honey'

Emotion and Anger

 
 

January 2010

 

Who will Benefit from the Senate Controversy?

Same Tree, Different Branches

May the Best Man Win

Traveling to the US Now Harder

Battle of the Stars

 
 

December 2009

 

Planting Evidence

Here Comes the Judge

'Kaliwa't Kanan Dedbol'

Martial Law: Would The Presidentiables Have Done The Same?

 
 

November 2009

 

Maguindanao Massacre: The Tip of the Iceberg

It Will Be NP vs. LP in 2010

Manny Pacquiao: Worldwide Phenomenon

Extraordinary Renditions

Politics Is Addition

 
 

October 2009

 

Political Road Map

The Blame Game

Learning From History

What Have We Done To Deserve This?

 
 

September 2009

 

Are We Now Known As The Murder Capital of the World?

'Self-destruct'

Cojuangco vs. Cojuangco

'Out of Character'

 
 

August 2009

 

'The Last American Prince'

The Dream Team

Abandon Ship

The Changing Political Landscape

Nine Years, Nine Lives

 
 

July 2009

 

Political Psy-War

Too Much Congs, Spoil The Broth

Land of Terror, Land of The Free?

Automated Fools

 
 

June 2009

 

'Men Who Matter'

Where Have All The Fathers Gone?

Pandemic—Let's Not Panic

'Un-Charter(ed) Course'

 

 

May 2009

 

Sex, Mystery and Drama at the Senate

Enhanced Interrogation, Enhanced Hatred

Too Many Messiahs

Swine and Wine

The Jun Lozada Show

 
 

April 2009

 

American Confluence

High Profile

Renewal

Building Roads

 
 

March 2009

 

Outrageous Outrage

'VFA'

Filipino Workers In Peril

Is it the Right Time to Buy?

No Reply

 
 

February 2009

 

'Deal or No Deal'

To Hell and Back

Arresting Senators

Reviving Pasig River

 
 

January 2009

 

The Year of the Ox

The Incoming White House Resident

What A Mess

Internet Power

 
 

December 2008

 

We Are All Sorry

Nowhere to Run

Tango Instead of Cha Cha For Now

Karma

 
 

November 2008

 

To Each His Own Agenda

'By The Way'—There Is Only One Max

Is The 'Joc' on Us?

One-on-One with GMA

Bye George, It's Almost Over!

 
 

October 2008

 

'M & M's' Wrath and Disgust

From Russia With Scandal

The American Dream Turned Nightmare

'C5 at Taga'

 

 

September 2008

 

The Court of Last Resort

Intense Rivalry

Mindanao Conflict Far More Serious

People Can Get Killed for 5,000 or Less

 
 

August 2008

 

The Color of the Race

'Peace Be With You'

What A Country!

Peace, But At What Price?

'Ticking Time Bomb'

 
 

July 2008

 

Get Out or Get Even

Collision Course

A Country Without A Vision

Justice For The Poor

 
 

June 2008

 

McCain Or Obama?

Signs Of Betrayal

Mindanao: Land of Plenty Or Land of Poverty?

Should Libel Be Decriminalized?

Subic Drug Bust

 
 

May 2008

 

Is It Time to Bring Back The Death Penalty?

ZTE Photos Will Not Spark A Revolution

The Going's Gonna Get Rough

The Evil That Men Do

 
 

April 2008

 

Metro Manila Slowly Dying

The 'Solid North' of Hawaii

The Rise in the Price of Rice

Common Wealth

 
 

March 2008

 

Wiretapping

There Will Always Be Easter For Easter

US Still Supports GMA

Light Years Away

Learning the Negative Way

 
 

February 2008

 

Bitterness, Hatred and Vengeance

Thinking Out of the Box

'What Is Happening To Our Country?'

ZTE: Let The Court Decide

 
 

January 2008

 

From Davos to Davao

Bureaucratic Corruption Caused Downgrade

It's All About People

Why Don't We Make Everybody Run?

 
 

December 2007

 

Of Rizal and Making Peace with God

All We Want For Christmas...

Food For Thought

We Just 'Go Nuts' At Christmas

Senator-Turned-Thug

 
 

November 2007

 

Who's Afraid of the World Bank?

A House Full of Gas

Political Hop, Skip and Jump

Starting Clean

 
 

October 2007

 

A System of Political Survival

Presidential Indiscretions

Beating The System

Coup, Anyone?  Look at Myanmar Today

 
 

September 2007

 

'Intensity 8' at the Araneta Coliseum Today

Et Tu, Brutus?

From A to Z-TE

Bush's Bouts of Crying

Negotiating From A Position of Strength

 
 

August 2007

 

Republicans Are In For A Disaster

Let's Stop Getting Rid of Patrimonial Properties

'Amazing Thailand'

We Have A Serious Crisis Coming

 
 

July 2007

 

'Physically and Morally Impossible'

GMA Needs Joe de V

Human Security Act—Long Overdue

The Perception Game

When Will We Ever Learn?

 
 

June 2007

 

Namedroppers Should Drop Dead

Fatherly Advice

How Independent Are We?

Electoral Reform: Last Obstacle to Growth

 
 

May 2007

 

Economy: The Best Is Yet To Come

Analyzing The Elections

Elections Tomorrow: A Prelude to 2010

Remembering Corregidor

 
 

April 2007

 

Decongesting Metro Manila Traffic

Coming Home to Crime

Changing Times in America

Easter Reflections

April Fools

 
 

March 2007

 

The Chinese Are Coming

Are We Really That Corrupt?

Media Should Bring Out The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Gore Good For The World

 
 

February 2007

 

Unresolved Killings Will Kill The Economy

Staying The Course

It's Time for the Next Generation

Wash's Wish

 
 

January 2007

 

A Weather-Weather Country

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The Summit is More Important

Paying for Our "Pwede na" Attitude

 
 

December 2006

 

Ormoc Fire: Who's to Blame?

More People Will Not See the Light of Christmas

Let's Forget About International Commitments

Justice Without Emotions/Railroading the ChaCha

My Final Tribute

 
 

November 2006

 

Farewell to My Brother Max

High Profile Arrests

Bush-whacked

Changing the Course of the Charter

 
 

October 2006

 

A Thorn Between Two Roses

Makati: A Microcosm of the Philippines

Animosity Will Kill This Country

Foresight is Better than Hindsight

It's Time to Get Rid of the Billboards!

 
 

September 2006

 

The Past Continues to Haunt Us

Here We Go Again

Remembering 9/11

Surviving This Cruel World

 
 

August 2006

 

Media's Role in Shaping International Perception

It's a Pain to Travel Nowadays

Military Reform: Where Are We Today?

GMA May Just Have the Last Laugh

 
 

July 2006

 

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

What Is the State of Our Nation?

Plotters and Planners

The Revival of the King

Impeachment: Uglier the SEcond Time Around

 
 

June 2006

 

Let's Give Our Troops a Chance

Bush's Wheel of Fortune

Metro Manila Choking Like Hong Kong

How the World Press Perceives Us

 
 

May 2006

 

On My Way to Tell the Story

Time Out on Political Animosity

Poor Losers

Collision Course

 
 

April 2006

 

China: Back to the Future

We Now Welcome Drug Traffickers

How We Die

Economic Gain or Political Pain?

Changing Times in America

 
 

March 2006

 

Loyalty to One's Country

Are We Being Pulled or Fooled from Left to Right?

An Exclusive Interview with The President

Little Miss Red Riding Hood

 
 

February 2006

 

For Bitter or For Worse

The Great American Tragedy

US May Have A Woman President

India: Growing By Leaps and Bounds

 
 

January 2006

 

International Community Will Not Support a Coup

VFA: Who's to blame?

Peso Appreciation is a Big Deal

Sentenced to Death

2006: A Prosperous New Year

 

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December 2005

 

A True Christmas Story

The Joker is Right

'The Tipping Point'

A Sober Thought

 
 

November 2005

 

Warning: The Philippines May Be Dangerous to Your Health

Dancing the Cha-Cha-Cha

Salute to the Great Filipino Worker

There is Life Outside of Politics

 
 

October 2005

 

Politics, Sex and Terror Cut Freedom

Why Do People Turn Anti-GMA?

GMA's Wrath

China Reawakened

Land of Beauty and Brains

 
 

September 2005

 

Relief is Just a Swallow Away

What Is the Truth?

What's Happening to Our Country?

Remembering Yamashita's Surrender

 
 

August 2005

 

The Vicious Cycle of Politics

Double Standard Makes Life Doubly Harder

Kick Ass Before Con-Ass

Planning One's Exit

 
 

July 2005

 

Principles Are For People Who Can Afford It

A Nation Always Sorry

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It's The Economy, Stupid!

We Have to Remain Sober

 
 

June 2005

 

It's Time to Fix a Broken Nation

To Save the Queen, She Must Stop Dancing

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Loakan Airport: Going to the Dogs

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Old Soldiers Never Die, They Just Coup Away

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Terror and Business

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The Next Pope May Determine Our Fate

What's Cookin' in New York?

 
 

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Presidential Golf Stories

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Ligtas Pilipinas

The $100 US Visa

 
 

February 2005

 

Never Judge a Book by its Cover

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Arrogance of Power

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