
Profit-tearing
The Marcos administration, right after the United States’ war with Iran started, was in analysis paralysis — a state of denial.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read


The Marcos administration, right after the United States’ war with Iran started, was in analysis paralysis — a state of denial.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

The mass exodus of politicians to Sara Duterte’s camp, which they believe to be almost assured of victory in 2028, now becomes both a blessing and a curse.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 2 min read

In conversation, she was ingratiating and aimed to impress when the talk turned to legal matters. I found her competent, if a little shallow.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

Impeachment — for the edification of Ms. Luistro — is not about who between two people gets to occupy a condominium unit.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

The old fire is gone, fully extinguished, it appears, replaced by the old-style politics of sound over substance.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

I have assisted so many rape and abuse victims and have publicly spoken out against the trend in beauty pageants of treating contestants like pieces of meat…
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

It matters not that, under the laws on evidence, what a witness has seen personally is hardly hearsay but an eyewitness account — the highest grade of…
Ferdinand Topacio · · 2 min read

Yes, corruption does exist here, but those accused of massive graft have the grace to resign.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read

That senator’s name was Vicente Sotto. Sound familiar? But no, it was not the comedian we have in the Senate today.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 2 min read

This time, I have to agree with him — and his lawyers — when they cry to high heavens that this administration is persecuting him.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read
