accountability
Public Duty vs. Personal Interest — Why PH Governance Keeps Failing the Ethics Test
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. Yet in practice, in the Philippines, it often functions like a family business, a political debt-payment system, or a personal investment portfolio. The gap between public duty and personal interest is not just a crack in our governance structure — it is the fault line on […]
Every Election Is a Lesson: The Myth of Moving On Without Accountability
Every election is more than a contest of numbers; it is a test of our nation’s soul. Each time we go to the polls, we are given a sacred opportunity — not just to choose leaders, but to reflect on what kind of people we have become. In this sense, every election is a classroom […]
Opinion: Excessive Reverence for the Rich and Influential Weakens Accountability
Writer Gege Cruz Sugue, in her opinion piece in PhilStar, shared how a group of celebrities reacted angrily when asked to lower their voices in a café. What she exposed was a social sickness that feels all too familiar — especially here in our towns across Zamboanga Sibugay. It’s the sickness of excessive reverence for […]
Protest and Demonstration: Still the People’s Voice Against Corruption
In an era when social media outrage is just a click away, one might ask: do protests and demonstrations still matter? Can gathering in the streets still shake the foundations of power when corruption stares us in the face, bold and unashamed? To answer that, we first need to understand the distinction. A protest is […]