SCREENGRAB FROM BONGBONG MARCOS/FACEBOOK MANILA, Philippines — For President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., being a politician is a ...
It was the first glimpse of a new generation capable of assembling itself without establishment permission. And the state’s ...
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Tattered economy

Our economy has been tattered by the flood control scandal. That, in turn, is now threatening our political stability. BBM and the Ombudsman must deliver the promised jailing of “big fish” politicians ...
There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.” Brutus, in William Shakespeare’s ...
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Is BBM’s presidency out of harm’s way?

ALL the heads of major services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are reported to have signed a manifesto ...
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Watching and waiting

With our country seemingly on course toward ungovernability and economic decline, a pall of gloom has descended on the business community.
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The hate triangle that could elect a nightmare

FILIPINO politics today runs not on ideas, principles or visions of the future, but on something far more primal and far more ...
MinDA Sec. Leo Tereso Magno clarified PBBM's Dec 4 visit to the ₱3.1B Bucana Bridge was a routine inspection, not a political event, despite circulating claims. The China-grant bridge, part of the ...
Several ICC filings have pointed to statements made by Duterte supporters, most notably Vice President Sara Duterte, as justification for rejecting the former president's request for interim release ...
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Incredible

The credibility of the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) now hangs by a thread. Earlier this week, Rogelio Singson resigned from the three-man Commission effective Dec. 15, mumbling ...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto committed two crimes with our PhilHealth’s P60 billion: • Malversation, for taking money from members’ health insurance benefits in 2024; • Abetting plunder, for ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s inspection of the Bucana Bridge last December 4 was done with neither fanfare from Dabawenyos nor welcome from the Dutertes due to their ongoing political feud. The ...