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As VP Sara Duterte invokes due process, a House-led hearing ordered by the Supreme Court is now under scrutinyโraising questions about delay and accountability.Continue Reading
Ramadan draws to a close on Friday, March 20. Many Muslims find themselves at a familiar crossroads: the end of a month defined by discipline, restraint, and spiritual clarityโand the beginning of a return to ordinary time. The question that lingers is not simply whether the fast was completed, butContinue 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
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
Every time floodwaters rise, so does public anger. Social media fills with a familiar lament: โMulti-billion pesos in flood control projects, yet weโre still flooded to the max!โ The frustration is justifiedโbut the equation doesnโt quite add up as people think. The truth is, flooding is not merely an engineeringContinue Reading
โStop corruption; fix the system now.โ Itโs the kind of headline youโve seen before, the kind that makes you sigh because you know itโs true โ and you know youโve heard it too many times. But this time, the cry feels different. Filipinos are tired, angrier, more awake. The recentContinue Reading
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants us to believe that the newly formed Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) will be different. He swears it will be politics-free, untouchable, and willing to โspare no oneโ โ not even his cousin, former House Speaker Martin Romualdez, or his allies in Congress. But letโsContinue Reading
