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Ego is what drives most of our leaders today. It was clear in the way they made a big production of Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s arrest on Monday.
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Ego is what drives most of our leaders today. It was clear in the way they made a big production of Senator Jinggoy Estrada’s arrest on Monday.
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The international perception of Philippine legislators has, for years, oscillated between bemused skepticism and quiet concern.
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Senate President Alan Cayetano and his allies in the majority bloc staged another boycott on Tuesday, leaving not only their colleagues in the minority, but…
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The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has revoked its invitation to the so-called 18 Marines to testify in the flood control probe on Thursday, the first panel…
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The past three weeks in the Senate have offered a depressing masterclass on both. We have seen clowning, grandstanding, and the sort of chest-thumping nonsense…
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‘Events of the past few days may have blurred this distinction, but what happened with one of our colleagues today brings it sharply back into focus.’
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Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Monday led the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada at the Senate after the Sandiganbayan's Fifth Division ordered the…
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Senate President Alan Cayetano and Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla locked horns over the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada inside the…
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Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Saturday rejected claims that the Senate minority bloc was trying to block proposed amendments to chamber rules, saying the group's…
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A Senate sub-panel is set to be formed to resume the stalled high-stakes probe into the alleged corruption scheme involving the flood control projects, Senate…
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Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said the Senate’s rules on teleconferencing can only be invoked under strict conditions and should not be loosely applied to situations…
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Bringing the matter to the SC was suggested by former Senate president Franklin Drilon who accused the majority bloc of abusing its power.
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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The bishop recalled the plight of families affected by drug war killings, many of whom came from poor communities.
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A Cubao bishop questioned what he described as society’s selective empathy following the recent Senate shooting that rattled lawmakers and prompted Sen. Pia…
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The most serious damage inflicted isn’t always visible. It’s not just lives lost in encounters. It’s in family bonds broken, parents left in anguish, and homes…
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