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  1. TECH entrepreneur Ann Cuisia calls for stricter campaign finance disclosures and stronger monitoring of political contributions to prevent alleged kickbacks from government infrastructure contracts from finding their way into election campaigns.

    Taxpayers funding political campaigns?

    Technology entrepreneur Ann Cuisia is proposing a Political Finance Integrity and Anti-Kickback Act to reform campaign finance rules in the Philippines through…

  2. Cost of winning

    Cost of winning

    We rage at corruption, but continue to live with an electoral system that makes money indispensable to political survival.

  3. DAVAO City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte

    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.

  4. Political narra-thieves

    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…

  5. FROM one hurdle to another Former University of the Philippines professor and historian Roland Simbulan wrote The Bases of Our Insecurity: A Study of the US Military Bases in the Philippines. Simbulan now turns his attention to ending the deeply ingrained dynastic nature of Philippine politics.

    Breaking dynasties from ground up

    Regular elections give citizens the opportunity to retain leaders who perform well and remove those who do not.

  6. Let’s do it, if Congress won’t

    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…

  7. ANTI-POLITICAL dynasty bill Philippines

    Delay favors political clans

    Elections let people keep the leaders who do their jobs and remove those who do not.

  8. Family business no more

    Family business no more

    The Constitution anchors the present in the sovereign will of the people, yet remains responsive to the nation’s changing needs.

  9. Dynasty pathogens

    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…