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JV’s abstention probably haunted Alan Peter more than the opposition votes. Opposition senators are easy. Abstainers? JV is terrifying because he still belongs…
Vernon Velasco · · 2 min read
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JV’s abstention probably haunted Alan Peter more than the opposition votes. Opposition senators are easy. Abstainers? JV is terrifying because he still belongs…
Vernon Velasco · · 2 min read

This is Alan Peter Cayetano we are talking about, a man who has built much of his public life on the capacity to say outrageous things with a straight face,…
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read

A solon called out Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano over his recent statement that the drug war of former President Rodrigo Duterte was a “pro-life…
Jerod Orcullo · · 3 min read

BAGUIO CITY — Residents and tourists are being urged to practice water conservation as groundwater levels continue to decline due to the effects of the El Niño…
Aldwin Quitasol · · 1 min read
Dela Rosa is swing vote
Sean A. Magbanua,Theo Anthony Cabantac,Jason Mago · · 4 min read

The PhilHealth fiasco exposed the brazen way the den of thieves in Malacañang treats protected public funds as disposable cash.
DT · · 2 min read

A Cubao bishop questioned what he described as society’s selective empathy following the recent Senate shooting that rattled lawmakers and prompted Sen. Pia…
Lisa Marie Apacible · · 2 min read

Philippine National Police (PNP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño has been designated director of Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas).
Jing Villamente · · 1 min read

BAMAKO, Mali (AFP) — Hemmed in by a jihadist blockade of the Malian capital, Muslims in Bamako have been forced to spend Eid away from their families this year.
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read

NEW DELHI (AFP) — India’s power producers have set a record for electricity generation as swathes of the world’s most populous nation swelters in an intense…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read

The Philippines recorded 4,633 new HIV cases in the first quarter of 2026 alone. That translates to 51 new diagnoses every day.
DT · · 3 min read

With the impeachment trial looming, wresting control of the Senate is crucial to ensure the removal of Vice President Sara Duterte, which is step 1 of a grand…
DT · · 2 min read

Six weeks since a fragile ceasefire took effect, talks to end the war have made little progress.
Reuters · · 2 min read

The title is borrowed from a 1957 Hollywood movie best remembered for tense confrontations, simmering rivalries, loyalty and betrayal, escalating paranoia, and…
Ed Lacson · · 3 min read

The Philippine government has repatriated 9,854 Filipinos from the Middle East (ME) as tensions in the region continue to threaten overseas communities,…
Lisa Marie Apacible · · 1 min read

In an ideal system, committees reflect expertise. Instead, they function as rewards, protection, and power distribution.
Vivienne Angeles (VA),Carl Magadia,Jason Mago · · 3 min read

A republic is not governed in theory alone. In our part of the world, imagine it as a balangay: a vessel crossing uncertain waters where every pair of hands…
Aldin Jacinto Ali · · 3 min read

