
‘Puppet Master’ behind pork barrel comeback
A decade after the Supreme Court struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), fears mounted…
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A decade after the Supreme Court struck down the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), fears mounted…
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Given the non-cooperation of Player A, his strategy is to deny being involved. Instead, his narrative is that all of this is the work of Player A and was done…
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Jakarta, Kathmandu and Manila itself: we have seen how protests turn, how quickly they dissolve into tear gas and truncheons, how easily the poor end up as…
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The accused individuals participating in the inquiries render the proceedings self-serving rather than independent.
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KORONADAL CITY — Mayor Clemente Fedoc of Norala, South Cotabato, says he refused an alleged offer of P500 million to P1 billion for a flood control project,…
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We should also be aware that our self-preserving ruling class, aided by their moneyed enablers and mercenary operatives, is clearly and actively playing…
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LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Irish mixed martial arts (MMA) star Conor McGregor announced Monday that he was withdrawing his candidacy for the country’s…
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An upstart Japanese political party said Tuesday it will install an artificial intelligence as leader after its maverick founder quit following a disastrous…
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Although there is a seeming commitment to hold everyone liable, the magnitude and complexity of the issue would not allow that.
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They’re both still too young to be president. But I hope to still be around when they get the chance to lead the country. I bet they’ll both be good leaders.
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Pinoy showbiz is now starkly entangled with the alleged politics of corruption with the billions of funds intended for flood control in the country.
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He acknowledged his party’s ‘clear defeat’ by the center-left Peronist movement.
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It requires the courageous use of the veto power in the next budget cycle and the public naming and shaming of those who orchestrated this betrayal.
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This is our fight; and we must win it — not for ourselves, but for every Filipino whose voice has been silenced, whose rights have been trampled, but whose…
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Anutin Charnvirakul entered politics in his early 30s as an advisor to the foreign affairs ministry, later becoming health and interior minister, and deputy…
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‘We know that this crime was not accidental. There is a Russian trace in it.’
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‘He’d like to stop the elections in 2026 or, frankly, take control of those elections.’
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The two leaders had previously worked together under several past mayoral administrations and as members of the local party Asenso Manileño.
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