Rare breed at housing
Perhaps the President should give him more things to fix. Aliling has shown he can turn a failing program into a functioning one.
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Daily Tribune editorials — the newspaper's official position on current issues.
Let’s do it, if Congress won’t
The push gained momentum amid the flood control scandal, which Carpio has linked to the broader problem of political dynasties and their…
Delay favors political clans
Elections let people keep the leaders who do their jobs and remove those who do not.
Pasig River ‘Sky Way’
You don’t clean a river and simply walk away. What kind of quitter does that? Finish the job!
Slow burn collapse
The first crack came in 2019, when growth fell to 6.1 percent because the budget was reenacted, freezing public spending for months.
Paving Robin’s road to 2028?
When judicial proceedings and political maneuvering overlap so heavily, the credibility of the process faces a severe test.
Aimless, clueless kabuki
Nobody asked for three hearings a week, but the people are demanding cheaper food, safer roads and honest work from those they pay to serve…
As Trump, Xi sip tea
Viewed from Manila, Ayungin is the whole dispute. Viewed from Washington or from Beijing, it is just one item on a long list.
Law benders will pay
When the Senate impeachment court allows the threshold to fall to a smaller number, such as 14, it effectively changes the requirement…
A ‘revolution’ worth noting
For that same square to become a sanctuary of peace, song and prayer is a beautiful twist of history. It proves that a nation’s spiritual…
2028 money tap opens
Following Malacañang’s logic, the officials whose continuity is protected are the same ones who, over the two years that follow, will…
Step up your game, POC
Before dreaming of welcoming Asia, Philippine sports officials should prove that the country’s sports institutions can meet the same…
Bypass operation
The CA’s confirmation power is the principal check on who runs the departments. That check disappears whenever a secretary serves only in…
Cow dung called‘pro hac vice’
If 16 votes can be reduced when the presiding coalition finds it inconvenient, then the same logic transfers cleanly to any other provision…
How far can our ube go?
Beautiful work. We made it famous. Gave it the reputation. Everybody knows it’s Pinoy. Except, 10 years from now, we’re not selling it.
President‘s pork cooks
In 2025, LGSF spending totaled P23 billion, jumped to P57.88 billion this year, while the proposed 2027 budget carries another P58 billion.
Gov’t drops system loss VAT
The tax didn’t fix the thing it made more expensive. Why are we so much better at collecting for stolen electricity than stopping it from…
No eraser for Charter
Lowering the bar introduces the huge danger of rewriting the rules mid-trial and, worse, amending the Constitution.