
Marcos presses reset; Palace sells discipline
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has cast 2025 as a year of performance-based governance, where he ordered periodic reviews, leadership adjustments, and…
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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has cast 2025 as a year of performance-based governance, where he ordered periodic reviews, leadership adjustments, and…
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The real culprits in the flood control project mess that President Bongbong Marcos promised would spend Christmas in jail are still out there. Does justice…
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The tag may turn out to be the smoking gun that would link Malacañang to the anomalous flood control projects.
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For 2026, P250 billion in UA has been proposed, which watchdogs have linked to anomalous projects that prioritize vested interests over essential services like…
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Despite a difficult year, the market showed signs of resilience toward yearend, buoyed by renewed bargain hunting. The Philippine Stock Exchange reported a…
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The most considerable turbulence in 2025 was the flood control project scandal.
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‘They always announce that inflation is low, but the thing is, the public is not feeling this. Prices continue to be high. There’s a lot of hoarding. There’s a…
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Amid the overall gloom of 2025, opinion makers still hold onto the prospect of a better year, anchored in the primacy of the law that is expected to emerge…
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Money doesn’t sit in one pocket. It percolates carefully, coordinated. Lawmakers insert. Contractors overprice. Engineers approve. Budget officials release the…
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By the time 2025 ended, the Philippines was not only battling floodwaters and seismic fear — it was reckoning with a year defined by political rupture,…
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Neophyte Congressman Javier Miguel Benitez of Negros Occidental said the ratified P6.7-trillion 2026 national budget was designed with stronger safeguards to…
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Economists have widely cited the pullback in public infrastructure spending — largely linked to the flood control controversy involving the Department of…
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What makes the cyber warrant especially powerful is its precision. Properly crafted, it is not a fishing net but a scalpel.
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Is there hope for systemic change in this country? Ultimately, the nation needs to see genuine justice rendered, not just a show of it.
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From flood-control scandal to athletes’ exploits, a year of extremes for the nation
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SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea’s former first lady was alleged by prosecutors Monday to have accepted lavish bribes totalling over $200,000, including fine art,…
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Credibility is greatly lacking because the government itself is conducting the investigation into the big fish within it.
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A slim majority of Filipinos want action now on political dynasties.
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