Bracing for tough times ahead
Without a clear path to restoring integrity in public finance and reinvigorating government-led investment, the benefits of external…
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EDITORIAL
Daily Tribune editorials — the newspaper's official position on current issues.
Two-headed hydra eats up our souls
When businesses are forced to pay bribes or public funds are stolen, the resulting losses are made up for in higher prices.
Reset, but don‘t forget
The real culprits in the flood control project mess that President Bongbong Marcos promised would spend Christmas in jail are still out…
Zero out UA
For 2026, P250 billion in UA has been proposed, which watchdogs have linked to anomalous projects that prioritize vested interests over…
Flood triangle and the price of silence
Money doesn’t sit in one pocket. It percolates carefully, coordinated. Lawmakers insert. Contractors overprice. Engineers approve. Budget…
Economic saboteur
There’s little room for them to insert themselves or receive kickbacks from big-ticket infrastructure projects, so it’s not a priority for…
What the country needs: Genuine justice. Now
Is there hope for systemic change in this country? Ultimately, the nation needs to see genuine justice rendered, not just a show of it.
The P243-B bad habit
The proposed spending plan for 2026, while more ‘orderly,’ still has huge provisions for the pork barrel through the unprogrammed…
Floodgate’s cold truth
Credibility is greatly lacking because the government itself is conducting the investigation into the big fish within it.
Rizal’s unfinished business
For all the discomfort she caused, Josephine Bracken did Rizal an unexpected service. She ruined the monument, and she gave him jagged…
Scandal scares luxury buyers
Watch the restraint travel upward. If discretion is now fashionable, then let DPWH wear it, too.
Porky business as usual
‘When access to health care depends on a politician’s endorsement, something deeply wrong has taken root not only legally but morally.’
Pork-loaded GAA lives on
A reenacted budget reduces overall government disbursements by limiting spending to the previous year’s levels and prohibiting funding for…
Golden year
With strong leadership and a focused strategy on hosting global events, Filipinos are no longer minnows on the international stage.
PBBM’s credibility on the line
This broken promise carries consequences. It directly undermines the President’s credibility and the potency of his anti-corruption…
Ang Pasko ay sumabit
But, as the clock struck midnight on 25 December, the promise became just one of the long list of unfulfilled vows lying in tatters in the…
‘Saks lang‘
The point is that language, whatever changes it goes through, reflects culture and society.
Ralph‘s magic
Recto has defended the transfer of excess funds, including P89.9 billion from PhilHealth and P117 billion from the Philippine Deposit…