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AT the start of the year, United States President Donald J. Trump decided to withdraw the United States from dozens of international treaties and organizations. This means a withdrawal of …
US funding cuts will hurt PH Read More CAVITE 4th District Rep. Kiko Barzaga had thought he could step out of the bounds of Congress, spit-firing — albeit, meowing — bravado and accusations at billionaire Enrique Razon Jr. …
Barzaga’s child play backfires Read More IRAN may be at a critical turning point like no other – unmistakably ripe for revolution. Just as the Islamic Republic itself was born from a revolution, a new generation …
Ripe for revolution Read More I want to think young Congressman Leandro Leviste is straight as an arrow, and in the habit of putting himself out there in the naked light of social media to …
Political breeding Read More SINCE appearing in a damning video, implicating the highest names in government in what he claimed was a P100-billion web of budget insertions and ghost flood-control projects, it’s as if …
CO vanishes, Romualdez very much here Read More THE Senate’s approval on second reading of a P6.793-trillion spending plan for 2026 should usher in a moment of resolve. Now, more than ever, the government must prove it can …
Big budget, little to show for Read More COMING off an edgy Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC)–led anti-corruption and transparency protest at the Quirino Grandstand, we now find ourselves five days away from the second Trillion Peso March. This …
March for justice, not mob rule Read More ZALDY Co could have taken the legitimate route: Testify before the Senate or the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) probing the multibillion-peso flood-control scam. He could have done it in …
Same fight, starkly different causes Read More THERE’S no doubt about it — the blood spilled during the Duterte administration’s war on drugs demands justice. The innocent lives lost cannot simply be brushed aside under the banner …
Bato’s ice-cold bath Read More I understand and fully support the rule banning the consumption or use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and vapes inside cemeteries. Such restrictions are reasonable, especially during times when large crowds visit …
MPD’s hazy policy on smokers Read More THE new Ombudsman, former Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, could well be on his first bold strike as the new sheriff in town. Last October 22, Remulla ordered a …
Remulla cleaning house Read More WHEN the Department of Education (DepEd) abruptly announced a two-day suspension of face-to-face classes in Metro Manila on October 13 and 14, it cited an “alarming rise in influenza-like illnesses” …
The two-day coverup Read More LAST week, Malacañang announced that nearly 20,000 reports had poured into Sumbong sa Pangulo. Bongbong Marcos’s online platform for public complaints was bombarded with mostly questionable public works projects. That …
Reversing the rot in public works Read More THINGS so terrible have been happening around us that sometimes I think — we’ve long had it coming. “Only in the Philippines,” we say — many times before with pride, …
Bad and ugly Read More BURIED in the noisy run-up to last Sunday’s anti-corruption rally was a quieter but no less urgent cry: justice for Juan “Johnny” Dayang, as posted by his son Jed. Dayang, …
A matter of justice Read More JUST days after President Marcos formed the Independent Commission for Infrastructure to probe the “ghost” flood control projects, the public finally saw movement. With the integrity of Justice Andres Bernal …
Frozen ‘ghost’ actors Read More