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Daily Tribune editorials — the newspaper's official position on current issues.
Coup pal
Once Trillanes inserted himself into the scene like an overcaffeinated stage actor, the arrest attempt ceased to look like a sober legal…
Nil ICC obligation
The ICC has no enforceable jurisdictional claim over Filipino nationals that the Philippine state is domestically obligated to honor.
America is tired
Trump still leaves the weapons deal hanging there, too. Missiles, rockets, billions of dollars.
Who shakes the jar?
The false narratives sow fear and suspicion in exchange for the truth. It is the unseen hand that manipulates, destabilizes and profits…
Protecting the crown
Cone’s decision to come up with an expansive Asian Games pool shows the brilliance that makes him the country’s most decorated mentor.
Pork rebranded
The PDAF crossed the separation of powers by allowing legislators to participate in the execution of the budget, a power that belongs…
Trump-Xi Summit: Were we even on the agenda?
While the Trump-Xi summit agenda spoke volumes, the South China Sea barely registered, signaling that Filipino interests were subordinated…
Who’s really hiding from ICC?
The petitions for habeas corpus filed on 12 March 2025, the day after Duterte was transferred to The Hague, have lingered for over 14…
Closed encounters of the dumb kind
As revolutionary tension thickened in the air during the dying days of Marcos Sr.’s regime, his Experimental Cinema of the Philippines…
Who‘s behind this kabuki?
Cayetano confirmed that gunshots were fired from both sides during the confrontation inside the Senate building based on video footage and…
Dear Senator Bato
You’re crying, pleading. We see a loser. A sinking ship. And you don’t save a sinking ship. You grab the good stuff and you get out.
Big Fish, big joke
The Big Fish, dangled before the public since the Floodgate scandal broke, remains a myth. Elusive then, elusive now.
Upper chamber Tragicomedy
With the Cayetano-led majority firmly in Duterte’s corner, the prospect of a fair and meaningful trial has dimmed considerably.
Clowns end up empty-handed
The attempt to apprehend Dela Rosa suffers from bigger infirmities than Duterte’s case.
Run, Bato, run
At one point, Bato stumbled on the stairs while maybe trying to avoid being shanghaied off to The Netherlands by the agents.
Perfect heist
Some P1 trillion in flood control projects since 2023 were considered either substandard, if not non-existent, or ghost undertakings…
Free shoes: That’s the problem
Real trauma is when you’re 11 and hearing someone in class yell: ‘Bro! Your shoes are from city hall?’