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At their core, the two high-profile officials share a common thread: both appear to have fallen outside the President’s protective political orbit.
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Variations on the wheelchair routine flourished, usually including hospital detention, which notably former president Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada made trendy.
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As the Philippines grapples with rising debt, inflation, climate risks, AI disruption, and geopolitical tensions, the nation cannot afford to let political…
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By accurately pinning down some of our reprehensible political leaders as kleptocrats we’ll be better off. Calling them merely corrupt is too kind and cuddly.
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When they are opposed, these gods of our god-forsaken country take to social media to air their rage, their threats and their version of the truth.
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It was thought the street-level symbol of oppression was gone for good; now it is back with a vengeance.
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The Philippines faced a year of converging crises in 2025 — political fractures, international indictments, natural disasters, and failed flood-control…
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Rather than offering budget meal advice that limits expectations, why not fix the real issue?
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At age 32 with total assets of P54.8 billion, Leviste is the youngest and wealthiest politician in Congress today.
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We have a personal stake in what kind of country we are becoming and how things should be.
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Yet here again, the Marcos administration found itself scurrying to clean up another disastrous communications debacle.
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We export some of the world’s best talent because we can’t seem to build a system worthy of them at home.
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Until the cost of clinging to power becomes greater than the cost of stepping down, the Philippines will remain trapped in a cycle where public office is…
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We did not know the extent of the corruption until President Marcos Jr. discovered the anomalies occurring at the Department of Public Works and Highways.
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Let the Vice President be given every opportunity to answer the charges, disprove the allegations, and defend her name.
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That power can be exercised in the dark, that institutions can be weaponized without oversight, and that the people no longer have the right to know who…
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Congressional bet Christian Sia and gubernatorial bet Jay Manalo Ilagan, reelectionist Peter Urabia, and Ruwel Peter Gonzaga triggered visceral responses and…
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