
Whatever verdict, our country pays
A conviction could remove Sara Duterte from office and dramatically reshape the political landscape, but it could also deepen the polarization.
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A conviction could remove Sara Duterte from office and dramatically reshape the political landscape, but it could also deepen the polarization.
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The Senate Committee on Finance has approved at the committee level the Office of the Ombudsman’s proposed ₱7.232-billion budget for 2027.
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The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 1962 on third reading Wednesday, barring relatives of government officials from entering into and securing…
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The phrase “abogadong walang alam” (know-nothing lawyer) was ordered stricken from the record of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte after…
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Former Department of Education (DepEd) Undersecretary Michael Poa confirmed Wednesday that the agency did not give any confidential funds to the Armed Forces…
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There are strong suspicions our authoritarian-enamored, cynical feudalistic/dynastic families, without ever admitting it, still harbor secularized notions of…
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The Senate unanimously approved on Wednesday a bill banning relatives of government officials from entering and securing contracts with the government.
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Two Chinese nationals have been sentenced to life imprisonment for importing approximately 240 kilograms of methamphetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, into the…
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‘The image is not part of the record and does not establish that he wore such a device or received outside assistance. The chair therefore makes no finding…
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For non-democratic, totalitarian governments, the process of impeachment is far less complicated and swifter.
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If a lawyer knows a witness will hurt his case, he keeps that witness off the stand.
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Former Department of Education Undersecretary Michael Wesley Poa has an obligation to be truthful about his knowledge of the agency’s use of confidential…
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Set beside the Erap impeachment trial, the Corona trial of 2012 looked, on its surface, like vindication: A chief justice accused of hiding wealth beyond his…
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Escudero has reminded the Vice President that she is covered. Good. Now we wait to see what enforcement actually looks like.
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Some members of our legislature might also be wishing they were lawmakers in India, so they cannot be labeled ‘crocodiles,’ ‘betrayers,’ or ‘dictatorial.’
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Gatchalian family-backed Philippine Estates Corp. swung to an P89.12 million net profit in the second quarter of 2026, from a P4.18 million loss a year…
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Drilon is the rare public figure people still turn to for procedural common sense, because he has been on both sides of the bench — the senator who broke from…
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The Office of the Vice President may be investigated for alleged misuse of public funds even as Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial proceeds,…
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