Old pork, new labels
These findings show that political patronage and greed still shape budget allocations despite the public outrage and government investigations.
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Cost of winning
We rage at corruption, but continue to live with an electoral system that makes money indispensable to political survival.
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Nicki Minaj’s name surface amid White House buzz
Minaj has increasingly made her political views public in recent years, using her platforms to comment on social and cultural issues.
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Running on unregulated crowdsourcing, anyone? (1)
Early political advertising in whatever way, shape or form must be checked and curtailed. Signifying one’s desire in an unofficial or informal way ought to be…
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Five centuries of poverty, promises and plunder
The Philippines’ centuries-long struggle with poverty continues as corruption, political patronage and inequality undermine public services and economic…
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Opposition’s 2028 ‘Plan B(aste)’
The impeachment trial, instead of dragging Sara down, has become a platform to present herself as the victim of a political vendetta.
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In search of a new Phl messianic leader?
Generations of Filipinos have placed extraordinary hopes in personalities promising salvation. Yet poverty, inequality, corruption, and institutional…
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Political narra-thieves
State actors and various political interest groups use huge resources peddling narratives which, for the most part, are effective in amplifying pre-existing…
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Let’s do it, if Congress won’t
The push gained momentum amid the flood control scandal, which Carpio has linked to the broader problem of political dynasties and their control over public…
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Baste: My sister did what? No, no, no
Maybe that really is how the Dutertes do family: fierce loyalty, strict privacy.
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Delay favors political clans
Elections let people keep the leaders who do their jobs and remove those who do not.
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The day after
A conviction will not erase the Duterte political base or make millions of Duterte supporters disappear from the political landscape.
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Dynasty pathogens
Numerous studies show political dynasties, optimizing their power and wealth, are superbugs in our body politic, doing things they are supposedly forbidden to…
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CBCP backs Anti-Political Dynasty Law passage
The CBCP backs an anti-political dynasty law after the Supreme Court directed Congress to enforce the constitutional ban on political dynasties.
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Leonen tags Romualdezes, Dutertes ‘fat’ dynasties
Each year of legislative inaction allows political inequalities, patronage and other problems associated with concentrated political power to persist.
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Martyr to his own greed
For all we know, the script is still being written: hospitalization, special treatment, legal maneuvering, delays — then a convenient way out .
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Seasonal outrage
Democracy demands debate, but debate should produce clarity, not more confusion; accountability, not simply another cycle of outrage.
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