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Has it become a template? Every time the country hits a governance snagโcorruption scandals, policy failures, leadership meltdownsโthe national reflex is painfully predictable: oust the leader, replace the administration, then flirt with the fantasy of a โtransition government.โ Itโs as if weโve reduced democracy to a cycle of outrage andContinue Reading
Lucas Bersaminโs ascent to the position of Executive Secretary in September 2022 was not greeted with applause but with suspicionโand rightly so. The so-called โLittle President,โ a post that demands unimpeachable integrity and absolute public confidence, was handed to a man whose judicial record has long been tainted by politicalContinue Reading
The latest public quarrels between the Marcoses and the Dutertesโcomplete with insults, reconciliations, and behind-the-scenes intrigueโhave all the markings of a political soap opera. It is riveting, dramatic, and deliberately easy to follow. And that is precisely the point. In a country exhausted by crisis after crisis, the dynasties rulingContinue Reading
President Ferdinand โBongbongโ Marcos Jr.โs lighthearted remark at the 2025 Bagong Bayani Awards โ joking that his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, might soon join the Cabinet โ would have been harmless banter in another time. But in a government marked by frequent reshuffles, the joke lands differently. It becomesContinue Reading
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay โ The political alliance that delivered one of the biggest landslide victories in Philippine history is now fractured beyond repair. In an unexpected twist, however, Vice President Sara Duterte โ once President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.โs most powerful ally โ has become the strongest reason many Filipinos areContinue Reading
There are few things more unsettling in politics than watching a family publicly tear itself apartโespecially a family whose name has shaped, scarred, and defined an entire nationโs history. On Monday night at the Quirino Grandstand, Senator Imee Marcos did the unthinkable: she accused her own brother, President Ferdinand MarcosContinue Reading
The three-day rally of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) for โtransparency and a better democracyโ marks one of the most significant public mobilizations under the Marcos Jr. administration. It is loud, it is disciplined, and it is unmistakably political. But it is not People Power 2.0 โ and it willContinue Reading
