
The erosion of restraint
Impeachment was never meant to be neat or comfortable. It is, by design, a blunt political tool.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

Impeachment was never meant to be neat or comfortable. It is, by design, a blunt political tool.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

Marcos has already been written off by some pundits as ineffectual or a lame duck.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

The problem is that the government is not all about perception or popularity. It involves serious, difficult, and often boring work.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

New allegations have emerged that could raise the stakes even higher. Enter Ramil Madriaga, who claims to have been the Vice President’s bagman.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

What people are still waiting for are the big fish. The elected officials. The senators and congressmen whose names have come up repeatedly in testimony, leaks…
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

If the projects are not the product of rational planning, technical assessment, and genuine need, but instead are the result of political patronage, the…
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

When police later confirmed that it was indeed Cabral, and that the initial finding pointed to suicide, the doubts did not disappear; they merely shifted.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

We have been here before, of course. When questions about these funds first surfaced, the Vice President’s go-to shield was ‘national security.’
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

From the beginning, our goal in this case was straightforward. The law already earmarked PhilHealth’s funds for very specific purposes.
Barry Gutierrez · · 2 min read

That doesn’t mean Marcos Jr. gets a pass. Far from it. The people at the Trillion Peso March made it likewise crystal clear: the President must deliver.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read
