From democracy to kleptocracy
Forget what we have been taught in school that in a democracy, there are checks and balances. These days, they are called transactions.
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Forget what we have been taught in school that in a democracy, there are checks and balances. These days, they are called transactions.
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But Duterte’s camp won’t outright admit these political ploys, much less admit their fear of what the trial will reveal about the Veep’s baggage of…
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Police arrested 73 suspects and seized more than P1.2 million worth of illegal drugs during a weeklong enforcement sweep in eastern Metro Manila, authorities…
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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A court sentenced a former South Korean justice minister on Monday to 25 years in prison for his role in ex-President Yoon Suk…
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BARRANQUILLA, Colombia (AFP) — A flamboyant United States-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s polarizing presidential runoff…
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Starmer — in office since July 2024 — conceded he had lost the support of his Labor party.
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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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How political lies became today’s consequential ‘triumphant disaster’ predictably will soon preoccupy our historians and social scientists.
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Operatives of the Eastern Police District (EPD) apprehended a listed high-value individual in the government's anti-illegal drugs watch list during the…
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A Pasig Barangay is set to hold its first-ever Pride Council election to strengthen sectoral representation and expand the participation of LGBTQIA+ residents…
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Could fresh linguistic constructs outmaneuver the true intent and purpose of what ‘the majority of all its members’ means in the constitutional text?
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Malacañang is bent on doing anything it can to convict and disqualify Vice President Sara Duterte from holding public office.
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A truck helper died after being trapped for more than three hours inside the mangled cab of a trailer truck that crashed into a stalled trailer truck on the…
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A motorcycle rider was seriously injured after he and his passenger were thrown from their vehicle when it crashed into a concrete barrier before dawn Saturday…
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The Senate is currently paralyzed by the dual claims of leadership, threats to the security of its members due to gunfire and arrest warrants from the ICC, and…
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is expanding the Pasig River Ferry Service to meet growing commuter demand and strengthen the region’s…
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is expanding the Pasig River Ferry Service (PRFS), citing growing commuter demand and its role as a…
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