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On the Matter of the Next Chief Justice: A Political Analysis

The second part of our program on the appointment of the next chief justice has Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist, Manuel Quezon III, discuss the political aspects behind this issue. He first talks about the legal ping pong that happened between President Garcia and President Macapagal over Garcia’s last minute appointments. He also explains the immediate ramifications that resulted because of this.

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Attorney Ferdinand Rafanan, director of the law department of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), discusses how COMELEC is preparing to conduct the country’s first nationwide fully automated elections. He explains the new voting process and the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines. Atty. Rafanan also talks about the different contingency measures in place should the automated systems malfunction.

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Chief Justice Reynato Puno reaches mandatory retirement on 17 May 2010. Two conflicting concerns arise because of this: a vacancy in a critical position in the Supreme Court vs. the constitutional ban on midnight appointments. Fr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J., a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, explores these constitutional issues. On one hand, the constitution bans midnight appointments. Thus, the president cannot make any appointments after March 10. The only exception would be tempo ...

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Bantay Balota lawyer, Ronald Solis, questions the Commission on Elections (COMELEC)'s capability of executing a nationwide automated election. He points out several administrative and technical issues that COMELEC should tackle. Attorney Solis focuses on eight critical areas: source code review, printing of ballots, education and training, testing and sealing of machines, transmission concerns, access to the server, manual audit and a continuity plan. He discuses each point extensively, exa ...

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In the Philippines, the problems of property rights are complex. Dr. Arturo Corpuz, vice president for Urban and Regional Planning of Ayala Land, draws from personal experience and speaks about land acquisition problems. He discusses how property rights are meaningful only to the extent that you can utilize the land and extract value from it. Unfortunately difficulties with ownership, documentation and process, zoning and access hamper the realization of property's full potential.

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Critics of liberalism would like to blame the onset of the global financial crisis on it. However, Dr. Felipe Medalla, Foundation for Economic Freedom chairman, argues otherwise. He points to the weakening of the rule of law in the United States as one of the main factors for the crisis. He talks about how the corruption in its financial system and regulatory failures led to the meltdown.

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Dr. Emmanuel de Dios, dean of the University of the Philippines School of Economics, examines the development of the idea of property rights in western philosophy. He explains that the rationale for property rights can be summed up into two opposing thoughts: the natural rights view and the welfare or utilitarian view. The natural rights notion is that property rights are absolute. They are intrinsically linked to the individual’s aim for liberty, well-being and progress, and they cannot ...

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Drawing from John Nye's talk on elites and reform, Noel Maurer, associate professor of Harvard Business School, talks about a time in our history when dominant interests found it beneficial to allow reforms in the country.

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Professor John Nye of George Mason University discusses the importance of New Institutional Economics to developing countries. He talks about how reforms are best understood from the default position of poverty. In fact it is the prosperity of some nations that is a rare and recent event. The real issue is how countries can rise out of destitution, and why it is particularly difficult to do so.

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Joe Hansen, U.S. Democratic Party political consultant, shares anecdotes form the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign. He attributes its success to its "standing the traditional campaign structure on its head." He talks about how it was run on the basis of respect, inclusion and empowerment. Hansen mentions how there were no preconditions; anybody who wanted to work in the campaign was welcomed. He also contrasted Obama's campaign style with that of Clinton's and McCain's and discussed ...

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Liberal Party Director General Jose Luis Martin Gascon questions the motives behind the administration’s push for constitutional change. As a 1987 constitutional commissioner, he agrees that perhaps it is time to revisit it as it is the longest serving charter without any amendments. However, he cautions that now is not an appropriate time as present initiatives look to be designed chiefly to benefit those currently in power.

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In the second episode of The Liberal Times Manila Podcast, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus review the various activities held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Liberal Party of the Philippines.

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A closer look at the international and regional activities of the liberal Foundation and a short preview of the 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit on April 18, 2006 of which The Liberal Times Manila Podcast is a co-sponsor

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The Liberal Times Manila podcast highlights speeches and interviews with Internet personalities of the 2nd Philippine Blogging Summit on 18 April 2006 at the UP College of Law, Quezon City in a series of three special episodes. Following the summit’s format of dividing topics into tracks, The Liberal Times Manila podcast will also divide the special episodes into three themes: political blogging and the politics of blogging, podcasts and problogging.

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The Liberal Times Manila podcast co-host Ronald Meinardus shares his views on podcasting (and blogging) in civic education. Manuel Viloria talks about podcasting trends in the Philippines. Finally Brian Ligsay shares his experiences on how to set up a podcast and also how to make money with it.

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The final part in the three part series of special episodes focuses on professional blogging. The Liberal Times Manila podcast discusses how blogs have changed the media landscape. It features interviews with Mike Abundo on the social aspects of Philippine blogging and how to blog for the world community, and Abe Olandres on how to earn from your blog. It also includes a personal account from Angelo Racoma on how he moved from full-time employee to full-time blogger.

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In this episode, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus present comments and excerpts of speeches presented at the CALD-ALDE-LI conference in the Philippines last 21-24 June 2006. What made this conference special was its partisan character: All of the more than 100 participating politicians from various parts of the world belong to liberal parties. They assembled in Manila to discuss common liberal approaches to important global issues their societies in Asia and Europe are confronted wi ...

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Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Ronald Meinardus talk about human rights advocacy as a vital cause to the liberal Foundation. They discuss the Foundation’s support for the Ateneo Human Rights Center's (AHRC) human rights field work program, and the AHRC and the Foundation’s joint launch of the book Remembering Still: Interns’ Reflections on Alternative Lawyering in the Philippines. This book is a compilation of essays on lessons learned from law students’ immersions in the fringe sectors ...

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Alexandra Cuyegkeng welcomes her new co-host, new Resident Representative Siegfried Herzog. Together they pay tribute to Dr. Ronald Meinardus and talk about his contributions to the Foundation’s Philippine project. They discuss his last two programs in the Philippines and in the region: the first Liberal Leadership Training seminar on local government and the fourth Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats communication workshop.

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In this episode, Alexandra Cuyegkeng and Siegfried Herzog review the Foundation's projects in the latter part of the year: the second Liberal Leadership Training seminar, the book launch of Notes from the Academy, a compilation of International Academy for Leadership (IAF) reports, the Kapihan (coffee forum) on the Human Rights Situation, and the book launch of Beyond Borders.

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