Daily Tribune
Strengthening port management, enforcing embarkation controls, and ensuring coordination with the PCG should be immediate priorities.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 3 min read
Ultimately, the economic promise of this gas discovery depends less on geology and more on governance.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read
Politicians can evade consequences so long as they remain quiet, cooperative and useful.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 3 min read
Where the system is slow and opaque, a perverse economy arises: Delay becomes leverage and ambiguity becomes bargaining power.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read
As the country enters 2026, President Bongbong Marcos Jr. has repeatedly described Philippine foreign policy as balanced and independent — friendly with all,…
Darren M. de Jesus · · 3 min read
The Cabral files, if genuine, may now assume heightened evidentiary value, serving as substitutes for testimony that can no longer be given.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read
From a legal standpoint, Cabral’s death carries concrete consequences for ongoing investigations and potential prosecutions.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read
By requiring compulsory passenger insurance as a condition for the issuance and renewal of PUV franchises, the LTFRB embeds insurance coverage directly into…
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read
The Supreme Court was blunt: Congress has no power to override the Universal Health Care Act through a budget line.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 3 min read
Markets have already reacted. The Philippine Stock Exchange has seen sell-offs, reflecting investors’ growing distrust.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read
