MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. does not want a “half-baked” anti-dynasty bill, which is why he has ...
"Urgent for image rehabilitation, perhaps, but hardly for genuine reform" WHAT’S up, fellow taxpayers and long-suffering ...
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Shameless budget shows our failed democracy

WALANGHIYA,” or shameless, must be the word for the latest Congress scheme to turn into political largesse our tens of ...
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The art of demolition

IN Philippine politics, demolition is not an accident. It is an art — learned, refined and repeatedly deployed because it works. It is cheaper than governance, faster than persuasion, and far more ...
The promise the Constitution made and the one Congress has yet to keep Nearly four decades after the 1987 Constitution ...
Now, President Donald Trump wants Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of power. Maduro’s “days are numbered,” Trump told ...
By Jess Agustin Advent arrived in the Philippines amid a national reckoning. The flood control scandal, involving billions in ...
Ang kakayahan at malasakit sa bayan ay hindi monopolyo ng iisang pamilya,' Isabela City Mayor Sitti Hataman says ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for Congress to prioritize four explosive reform measures—the Anti-Dynasty Bill, the Independent People’s ...
BUDGET WATCHDOGS warned that Congress’ rushed timetable to finalize the P6.793-trillion national budget for 2026 increases the risk of unchecked amendments and last-minute insertions, potentially ...
During the Yushin era, I was in the lower grades of elementary school. At the time, with portraits of President Park ...