
‘18 ex-Marines’ snubbing Gatchalian bloc’s hearing
The so-called “18 ex-Marines” will skip the 8 June Blue Ribbon Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Erwin Tulfo after Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano advised them that…
Carl Magadia · · 2 min read
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The so-called “18 ex-Marines” will skip the 8 June Blue Ribbon Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Erwin Tulfo after Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano advised them that…
Carl Magadia · · 2 min read

Several lawyers and law firms have pushed back against the Integrated Bar of the Philippines’ (IBP) position supporting the legality of the Senate…
Jerod Orcullo · · 3 min read

Senator Erwin Tulfo, a member of a family long known for made-for-television tough talk, found himself walking back his own rhetoric on Sunday after…
Edjen Oliquino,Gwen Bergado · · 3 min read

Cebu Customs district collector Alexandra Yap-Lumontad has been charged before the Office of the Ombudsman over alleged irregularities in cigarette…
Rico Osmeña · · 2 min read

Unsurprisingly, though, this Peter denied ‘the Lord’ more than three times, resisting efforts to step down from office.
Atty. Edward P. Chico · · 2 min read

The nation needs a Senate focused on legislation, not self-preservation.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read

Whether the Court chooses to intervene or to exercise judicial restraint, one hopes that its action strengthens both democratic institutions and the rule of…
Dean Nilo Divina · · 4 min read

How do we explain to other nationalities why our political system is this way, let alone to ourselves, who have long allowed it to happen?
DT · · 3 min read

The SALN suffers from structural defects that render it useless as an accountability tool.
DT · · 3 min read

With the issue on the legality of the recent Senate coup continuing to loom over the country, some lawyers under the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP)…
Jerod Orcullo · · 4 min read

Democracies do not erode only when courts are abolished or Congress is shut down. They also erode when institutions remain intact but are used so selectively…
Dennis Coronacion · · 3 min read

In his usual quacking ‘can’t accept defeat’ way, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano was still at it. The Senate’s near paralysis, which cost him all moral authority to…
Nick V. Quijano Jr. · · 3 min read

If anything good came out of this exhausting episode of ‘Senateflix,’ it was that Filipino sports fans have finally seen Alan Peter Cayetano’s true colors.
DT · · 3 min read

If the dispute reaches the Supreme Court, the living Constitution argument would likely apply.
DT · · 2 min read

There had been cover-ups within the majority.
Raffy Ayeng · · 4 min read

Bicol Saro Rep. Terry Ridon on Saturday said the House prosecution panel will recognize and engage only with Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian…
Sean A. Magbanua · · 1 min read

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano no longer commands the Senate majority or its leadership following the emergence of a new 12-member bloc, national coalition Team…
Sean A. Magbanua · · 2 min read

Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla on Saturday appealed to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano to "compose himself" as the leadership dispute in the Senate continues to…
Lisa Marie Apacible · · 1 min read
