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A fellow furparent across the street yelled “Animal abuse!” when I called my dog. My front gate’s latch failed, before I knew it my three-year-old everything-breed had bolted and crossed the street to my neighbor’s sari-sari store. “Dingaling!” I shouted. “Animal abuse!” my neighbor shot back, laughing. She petted my hairy Houdini’s narrow noggin, then…
From what I understand about the law, Senator Panfilo Lacson may be on shaky ground. As someone who admires Lacson, this should not come across as an accusation but as an ordinary person raising a point of concern, which may affect the Ombudsman and also the reputations of two Senators. Lacson had formally submitted documents…
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Filipino newsrooms have a word for the reporter who runs with a tip before checking it: nakuryente. Nothing is more embarrassing for someone whose trade is the truth, because he does it to himself. Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson has built a career on the boast that he never speaks without resibo. His campaign against Taguig…
How to cut through election-year noise and evaluate the candidate policies that actually matter. Every election season, and perhaps even more prominently in 2028, we hear the exact same promise from political campaigns: *”Elect me, and I’ll wipe out corruption once and for all.” or “Eliminating corruption means more and better government services, infrastructure, cash…
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I was hurrying back to Manila from a meeting in Makati when it hit me, with a groan, that my Grab driver had taken a “shortcut” through Santa Ana. It had been raining for half an hour. If you’ve ever been through that part of the city in the rain, you know what that means….
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I was casually scrolling through my Facebook feed recently when I kept running into posts claiming that Vice President Sara Duterte is effectively being written off for the 2028 presidential race. Right after those, my feed turned into a parade of early trial balloons. One post was floating a “Win-Ri” tandem between Senators Sherwin Gatchalian…
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To everyone following our campaign for systemic ADHD policy reform: I have some incredible news to share. I just got word that one Senator has actively taken notice of our position paper, and a second Senator’s office has formally acknowledged receipt of our proposal. Honestly, I am overjoyed. Knowing that our policy proposal actually crossed…
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PWD advocate Paolo Capino’s discussion with several restaurant owners got me interested in the conversation. The exchange was veered towards outright rejecting PWD as well as senior citizen discounts as a burden to restaurant owners and other establishments. But framing this as a zero-sum war—where every discount granted to a vulnerable customer is a loss…
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