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.
Jun Ledesma · · 3 min read
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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.
Jun Ledesma · · 3 min read
A fellow of the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) has called for sweeping reforms to the country's party-list system, arguing that it has…
DT · · 2 min read
Tragedy makes for good optics, if you’re shameless enough to exploit it.
Raffy Ayeng · · 2 min read
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…
Nick V. Quijano Jr. · · 2 min read
House Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy, along with other members of the House of Representatives, filed a bill seeking to provide stricter provisions to the…
Jerod Orcullo · · 2 min read
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…
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia (AFP) — A flamboyant United States-backed lawyer who has never held public office narrowly won Colombia’s polarizing presidential runoff…
Agence France-Presse · · 1 min read
Starmer — in office since July 2024 — conceded he had lost the support of his Labor party.
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
DT · · 1 min read
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…
Atty. Edward P. Chico · · 2 min read
How political lies became today’s consequential ‘triumphant disaster’ predictably will soon preoccupy our historians and social scientists.
Nick V. Quijano Jr. · · 3 min read
Amid the continued shift toward digital learning platforms, Mamamayang Liberal Rep. Leila de Lima has pushed for the passage of a measure granting students…
Jerod Orcullo · · 2 min read
A lawmaker is seeking a congressional inquiry into the death of a Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) member to determine whether existing…
Jerod Orcullo · · 1 min read
Could fresh linguistic constructs outmaneuver the true intent and purpose of what ‘the majority of all its members’ means in the constitutional text?
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
'Switzerland is a small country that cannot be expanded.'
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
'This applies particularly to those who commit crimes and are caught red-handed once, twice, three or four times.'
Agence France-Presse · · 2 min read
Malacañang is bent on doing anything it can to convict and disqualify Vice President Sara Duterte from holding public office.
Atty. Edward P. Chico · · 2 min read
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. extended condolences to Thailand’s Royal Family following the death of Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, the eldest…
Kate Villar · · 1 min read