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The Philippine โwar on drugsโ did more than unleash police violence. It exposed a deeper crisisโa moral and theological collapse within sectors of Philippine Christianity. How did a country that prides itself on being Asiaโs largest Christian nation produce churches that preached salvation on Sundays while tolerating, excusing, or evenContinue Reading
Every time the question of abolishing political dynasties resurfaces, the same tired argument is raised: banning dynasties, we are told, is undemocratic. It allegedly violates a citizenโs right to seek public office simply because he or she was born into a political family. This argument sounds principled. In truth, itContinue Reading
When floods hit, so does public anger. And almost inevitably, flood control projects take the blame: overpriced, poorly built, endlessly funded, and seemingly designed to fail. The outrage is understandable. But singling out flood control as the corruption-prone sector misses a harder truth. Corruption in government spending is not sector-specific.Continue Reading
Nearly four decades after the 1987 Constitution warned against political dynasties, Congress still hasnโt passed the one law that would make that warning real. In that vacuum, political families didnโt just survive โ they flourished. Today, they dominate nearly every corner of the Philippine political map. Passing an anti-dynasty lawContinue Reading
Early surveys for the 2028 presidential race show that Vice President Sara Duterte continues to lead by wide margins. She isย far ahead of rivals from both administration and opposition blocs. Her numbers reveal something deeper than name recall: they expose a political environment still shaped by the same currents thatContinue Reading
Local news isnโt dying a natural death. It is being killed slowly and methodicallyโnot by disinterest, not by digital disruption, but by a political and economic ecosystem that punishes truth-telling outside Metro Manila. For years, weโve been told that provincial newsrooms are โweakโ or that community journalists lack the sophisticationContinue Reading
The slogan โKung Walang Korap, Walang Mahirapโ burst into the national consciousness more than a decade ago. It resonated like a battle cry then, and now when corruption controversies rocked the Marcos administration. Here was a message so clean, so sharp, and so moral that it could cut across regions,Continue Reading
