
Morbid, monstrous Senate
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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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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If you look at the Senate these days, what you see is not exactly an institution radiating gravitas. You see hyper-partisanship.
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The post-incident narrative scoped and framed what happened as an interventionist NBI overstepping the legal bounds of what it sought to accomplish within…
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Once Trillanes inserted himself into the scene like an overcaffeinated stage actor, the arrest attempt ceased to look like a sober legal procedure but a…
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Mamamayang Liberal Partylist Rep. Leila de Lima on Monday questioned the government’s handling of high-profile fugitives following the controversial “escape”…
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Interior and Local Government Secretary Jonvic Remulla on Sunday dismissed an online petition seeking to withhold his salary over allegations of incompetence,…
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Senator Imee Marcos has filed a resolution seeking a Senate investigation into a sequestered government corporation for allegedly importing millions of sacks…
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Alawi complained to an online vlogger that Blake was ungentlemanly and his behavior is something she didn’t expect.
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A retired flag officer is calling on his Philippine Military Academy batchmates to exercise independent judgment and restraint amid mounting pressure within…
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By discharging a weapon without a verified threat, the (Senate) security personnel transformed a standard law enforcement presence into a manufactured…
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‘Coalition of the charged’ refers to the fact that Dela Rosa isn’t the only one of the newly installed Senate majority that is facing indictment.
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The Senate majority lobbed a challenge to Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla: suspend National Bureau of Investigation director Melvin Matibag — after Remulla…
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Term limits exist because independence has to be structural, not aspirational.
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The credibility of democratic institutions depends on whether the powerful are willing to be governed by the same rules as the powerless.
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BAGUIO CITY — A Cordilleran cultural organization is demanding the removal of several songs from Spotify, alleging that generative artificial intelligence (AI)…
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We deserve more than vague explanations and carefully worded denials. This is the Senate, not a backstage production set where smoke and confusion can…
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