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Nosy Tarsee has a riddle for you: A prominent politician from a powerful business family with Chinese roots was born in the Philippines when both his parents…
DT · · 3 min read
Legislative bodies base a quorum on those members whom they can actually compel to show up. This is the premise on which the new majority acted.
Barry Gutierrez · · 3 min read
The Senate never ceases to humor us, to walk us through some labyrinthine passageway which looks more like it is leading to an escape rather than to freedom.
Primer Pagunuran · · 3 min read
Avelino may be the law of the case as far as the election of Cuenco as Senate President was concerned, but it established NO doctrine.
Ferdinand Topacio · · 3 min read
Crow, apparently, is not a delicacy. Politicians generally spend entire careers finding ways not to eat it.
DT · · 3 min read
Batangas 1st District Rep. Leandro Leviste expressed support for the Senate’s ongoing investigation into alleged flood control anomalies despite the…
Jerod Orcullo · · 1 min read
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday said he is prepared to relinquish his role as presiding officer of the impeachment court if Senator Sherwin Gatchalian…
Raffy Ayeng · · 2 min read
Embattled Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday accused the bloc led by acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian of operating under the influence of…
Raffy Ayeng · · 2 min read
Authorities arrested government contractor Curlee Discaya early Monday at the Senate for a non-bailable malversation case involving a P53.9-million flood…
Edjen Oliquino · · 1 min read
Cayetano accused former Blue Ribbon chairman Panfilo Lacson of presenting false testimony in earlier flood control investigations.
Lade Jean Kabagani · · 2 min read
The so-called “18 ex-Marines” will skip the 8 June Blue Ribbon Committee hearing chaired by Sen. Erwin Tulfo after Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano advised them that…
Carl Magadia · · 2 min read
Several lawyers and law firms have pushed back against the Integrated Bar of the Philippines’ (IBP) position supporting the legality of the Senate…
Jerod Orcullo · · 3 min read
Senator Erwin Tulfo, a member of a family long known for made-for-television tough talk, found himself walking back his own rhetoric on Sunday after…
Edjen Oliquino · · 3 min read
Unsurprisingly, though, this Peter denied ‘the Lord’ more than three times, resisting efforts to step down from office.
Atty. Edward P. Chico · · 2 min read
The nation needs a Senate focused on legislation, not self-preservation.
Darren M. de Jesus · · 2 min read
Whether the Court chooses to intervene or to exercise judicial restraint, one hopes that its action strengthens both democratic institutions and the rule of…
Dean Nilo Divina · · 4 min read
How do we explain to other nationalities why our political system is this way, let alone to ourselves, who have long allowed it to happen?
DT · · 3 min read
The SALN suffers from structural defects that render it useless as an accountability tool.
DT · · 3 min read
