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MANILA โ Every year, under the sharp mountain air of Fort del Pilar, a familiar scene plays out on the Philippine Military Academyโs Borromeo Field. Freshmen cadetsโknown as plebesโstand ramrod straight, their faces fixed with determination, as upperclassmen order them to lean back as far as their bodies will allow.Continue 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
Juan Ponce Enrile passed away on Thursday at the age of 101. His death marks the end of one of the most complex, controversial, and consequential lives in Philippine political history. Few Filipinos have lived through โ and shaped โ as many eras of the nationโs tumultuous story as EnrileContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines โ Two governors in Region 12 and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have expressed support for Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulrauf Macacua as he continues to lead the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) under an extended presidential appointment. Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliรฑo-Mendoza and South CotabatoContinue 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
CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao del Norte โ For the first time since the 1950s, the municipality of Datu Odin Sinsuat โ originally named Dinaig โ has new leaders from noble Maguindanaon clans that had long been excluded from local governance. Datu Odin Sinsuat now has a new mayor, Abdulmain Abas, andContinue Reading
