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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Political Division in the Philippines
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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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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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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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Delay favors political clans
Elections let people keep the leaders who do their jobs and remove those who do not.
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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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Dy says Anti-Political Dynasty law House priority
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Carpio threatens SC challenge to dynasty ‘legitimization’ bill
Carpio also said he and other advocates would pursue a people’s initiative to enact what he called a genuine anti-political dynasty law.
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SC orders Congress to enact anti-political dynasty law
The Supreme Court has ordered Congress to enact an anti-political dynasty law, ruling that its 39-year failure to fulfill the constitutional mandate amounted…
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Politics and accountability
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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Nation divided (1)
The ICC will not willingly surrender FPRRD as his arrest and subsequent trial reinforce their continued relevance in the ‘rules-based international order.’
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