ONCE there was an inveterate gambler who said: “I would do anything, even the devil’s work, to see the sweepstakes winning numbers ahead of the draw. I would become the richest man in the world.”

THE impeachment of Chief Justice Hilario Davide is set to redefine many of our existing legal and political beliefs. Inevitably destined to occupy a prominent page in our history, this case will also assume moral dimensions. Future generations of Filipinos will judge us how we resolved this issue.

PRESIDENT Arroyo’s neutral stand in the Chief Justice-Congress controversy is the wisest thing that a president should do. Doing so, Gloria simply respected the constitutional authorities of the other two independent branches of government. In fact, there’s all the more reason that, being head of LakasCMD, she should not interfere since members of her political party are involved in the conflict. Anyway, if she did, she would only be criticized as meddling. This is a classic case of damn you do and damn you don’t.

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan — Forty-two seized pond turtles and five giant wild bats or “fruit bats” were rescued and almost simultaneously released the other day to their habitats here and in Nueva Vizcaya as the Region 2 office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) stepped up its campaign against persons violating the law promoting the conservation and protection of wildlife resources.

BOSTON, (Reuters) — The spell cast by the latest Harry Potter book may have an unintended side effect.