The curse of mandatory challenger
Filipino boxer Charly Suarez awaits his long-overdue world title shot as Emanuel Navarrete and O’Shaquie Foster clash for three super-featherweight belts amid…
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New system, same old autonomous politics
Genuine autonomy requires an independent leadership accountable solely to its Muslim constituency, entirely free from national executive strings.
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Amoral familism and dynasties
The Philippines has elevated impunity into an art form, aided by a weaponized legal system and an electorate acclimated to mediocrity.
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President‘s pork cooks
In 2025, LGSF spending totaled P23 billion, jumped to P57.88 billion this year, while the proposed 2027 budget carries another P58 billion.
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If convicted, then what?
By any stretch, it’s not just Sara who’s on trial, particularly so where a conviction would result in not just her removal but her perpetual disqualification…
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Do you think Sara cares, if we don‘t?
That is what travel sometimes does. You leave looking for something new and find, unexpectedly, something you already knew.
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Different rainfall alert
Behind the monstrous corruption lurks another tough opponent many have discounted: politics.
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Apostles’ anointing
A political column questions a lawmaker’s alleged 2028 succession plans, LGU alliances and unresolved accountability issues amid flood-control controversies…
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When the gavel falls
The true measure of political maturity is not how a nation celebrates victory but how it accepts defeat.
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Losing the audience
Put more plainly, only around one in 10 Filipinos was paying close attention. Nearly one in three was barely aware that the trial was happening at all.
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SoNA: A country Filipinos deserve
This time his speechwriter must have, in devil-may-care fashion, put in reverse order the main culprits in the epic floodgate scandal.
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The Clock is Ticking
Because of this ticking clock, Marcos’ national agenda is no longer about what he wants to do, but what Congress is willing to let him do.
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Confidential funds
It will be interesting to see how the defense lawyers tackle this charge and explain the ridiculous aliases of some CF recipients like Mary Grace Piattos and…
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Leadership disease
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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Why Senator Robin remains popular
Look at Padilla. Here is one man who, despite his seeming incompetence, has never been involved in any corruption-related controversy.
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PDP Laban comes In full force for meet
PDP Laban gathered leaders and supporters in Davao City for its National Assembly led by party president Mayor Sebastian Duterte, outlining its programs,…
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