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In an ideal system, committees reflect expertise. Instead, they function as rewards, protection, and power distribution.
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In an ideal system, committees reflect expertise. Instead, they function as rewards, protection, and power distribution.
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De Leon is meant to be the DBM’s clean break from the P1-trillion ‘Floodgate’ mess, a fresh face to bury an ugly chapter.
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Department of Transportation (DoTr) Secretary Giovanni Lopez admitted Wednesday that the government’s current budget allocation for two multi-billion-peso…
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‘A few years ago, I used to catch big fish like captains and catfish but because of the pollution, they’ve moved further out to sea.’
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The UK government said Wednesday that it had eased sanctions on imports of Russian jet fuel and diesel refined in third…
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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A South Korean oil tanker is currently passing through the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s top diplomat said on Wednesday, marking…
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Tapping costlier diesel-fired power plants during the series of red alerts imposed in Luzon and the Visayas last week could trigger a slight increase in…
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A wave of nostalgia washes over me, of cherished memories associated with rain. Each drop seems to whisper tales of laughter and warmth, transporting me back…
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In journalism’s brutal, day-to-day reactions to events, the morbidities and monstrosities of our politics did make their ghostly, fleeting appearances last…
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A law without funding is not a law but a mere statement of aspirations that the government has chosen not to honor by marginalizing the Philippine Health…
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A pivotal moment was the 2019 General Appropriations Act standoff over P95 billion in insertions, which led to the budget’s reenactment. Monsod said it was…
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Creating a comfortable and stylish home can often feel costly, especially as furnishing prices and household expenses continue to rise. From bedroom essentials…
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Foreign investors watching from Singapore, Tokyo, and Brussels do not parse the internal logic of Philippine factional politics. They see institutional…
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The danger is that the country becomes trapped in a cycle where politics consumes the national attention while governance and economic confidence suffer.
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The Philippines you love has become harder and harder to embrace because it is run by people who do not love it as much as you do.
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‘This unconstitutional framework, where UAs are chained to the GAA, is so massive that it would not fit inside one suitcase, but several.’
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Institutional foundations required for the country to govern itself are being swiftly eroded by the intense political rivalry between two powerful partisan…
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The survival of democratic institutions as respected pillars of governance depends on whether they can recover the qualities that once defined them.
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