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DIPOLOG CITY โ The proposal for a Peopleโs Transition Council (PTC) has surfaced amid corruption scandals, political tensions, and rising public frustration with the countryโs political class. Marketed as a path for national โreset,โ the PTC envisions an interim body that would shepherd reforms before returning the country to normalContinue Reading
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay โ Nearly three years before the 2028 presidential race formally begins, one name consistently dominates early surveys: Vice President Sara Duterte. Despite the political fallout with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., her exit from the Cabinet, and the controversies tied to the Duterte family, she remains the strongestContinue Reading
A recurring question emerges in political circles and public conversations alike as the Philippinesโ political climate grows increasingly contentious: Will President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. survive the full length of his term until 2028? It is a question rooted not in prediction but in the countryโs historical cycles of instability, eliteContinue 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
