
A century of building institutions (2)
The true test of leadership is not whether things work while you are in office. It is whether they continue to work after you are gone.
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The true test of leadership is not whether things work while you are in office. It is whether they continue to work after you are gone.
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The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) allowed complainants and their lawyers to meet with convicted former military general Jovito Palparan at the New Bilibid…
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This is far more than the routine partisan bickering that has become background noise for every Filipino’s daily struggles.
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Starmer — in office since July 2024 — conceded he had lost the support of his Labor party.
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Today, in an age where communication is instantaneous and mobile phones allow us to deliver information in seconds, I remain convinced that there are moments…
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The sudden change in the Senate leadership struck us with disbelief, thus disturbing, at least for a brief but painful moment, our collective psyche.
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Through horse-trading maneuvers, it would attempt to woo the allegiance of the Villar siblings and perhaps even Sen. Loren Legarda, who appears to be among the…
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Governance is really about how institutions make decisions when things become difficult.
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To understand Escudero’s true motives, we must look past the emotional narrative and view his sudden shift for what it is: a tactical response to a brutal…
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said he wants former Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos to play an active role in his administration but he…
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ASEAN educators face the plain bargain of English: better classrooms now, wider futures later.
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Democracy is not cheap. Political instability is even more expensive.
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This is the weaponization of the leadership fight obscured. It is not about who runs the Senate, but who gets to remain a senator dressed up as due process.
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While names and faces in leadership may change, the underlying dynamics often remain the same. Filipinos are understandably skeptical about whether these new…
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After a two-week leadership deadlock, Senator Sherwin “Win” Gatchalian got his 13th vote and was finally installed to the chamber’s top post on Wednesday after…
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The cases apparently were dangled as leverage, dismissals offered in exchange for bloc membership, following the template allegedly applied to Senator Chiz…
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The battle for control of the Senate is far from over as a tug-of-war erupted yesterday, with the bloc of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano bringing the Senate…
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Aside from Senator Joel Villanueva, one male and one female senator are likely to bolt from the Cayetano-led faction, although they remain hesitant to make a…
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