The 2025 ‘election budget’ now foundation for unprecedented corruption

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The 2025 ‘election budget’ now foundation for unprecedented corruption

To the Duterte detractors, former President Rodrigo Duterte (PRRD) was left with a budget surplus by his predecessor, the late former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, that only exists in their collective imagination. Libre naman managinip ng dilat as part of their myth making. The truth is, public sector budgets are meant to be spent….

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Crime

The Real Race to 2028: Sara Duterte, Risa Hontiveros, and Martin Romualdez in a Three-Way Showdown

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The Real Race to 2028: Sara Duterte, Risa Hontiveros, and Martin Romualdez in a Three-Way Showdown

The 2025 midterm election didn’t just fill Senate seats — it redrew the political battlefield for the 2028 presidential race. Now, all signs point to a three-way battle for power: Sara Duterte, the populist heiress with a solid southern base and strategic dynastic alliances. Risa Hontiveros, leading a reinvigorated opposition bloc with fellow Senators Bam…

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Politics

In a shooting war between a Western democratic power and an authoritarian Islamic state, whose side will you take?

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In a shooting war between a Western democratic power and an authoritarian Islamic state, whose side will you take?

Sure Israel bombed Gaza to smithereens and, sure, it is now doing pre-emptive strikes on military targets in Iran. Sure, the United States, is now involved in this conflagration and, together with Israel, will likely bring the Islamic regime of Iran to its knees. So what’s wrong with all that? Is that good enough reason…

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History, Society

Marcos’s Communication Crisis: The Price of Instability

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Marcos’s Communication Crisis: The Price of Instability

The revolving door at the Presidential Communications Office is a critical vulnerability that is undermining President Marcos’s public trust and legacy. Three years into his presidency, President Marcos has yet to come to terms with his communication team at the PCO, having already sent home three secretaries and placing the fate of the fourth press…

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Government, Media, Politics

On Accountability and Bike Commute

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On Accountability and Bike Commute

Why is it that privately employed people like me are required to get accounted down to every single centavo when company money is used? Sara did not have to. And we are talking of billions of pesos. She is just laughing it off. Why is it that when I get carried away with my emotions…

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Crime, Government, Politics, Society

PBBM Should Accept Defense Sec. Gibo Teodoro’s Resignation

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PBBM Should Accept Defense Sec. Gibo Teodoro’s Resignation

By all appearances, cracks are beginning to show within the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the root of the unrest may lie at the very top of the civilian defense bureaucracy. In a recent radio commentary by veteran broadcast journalist Deo Macalma, the undercurrent of dissatisfaction among the ranks of the military was…

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Crime, Government

Pope Leo XIV: Marriage is a “stable union between a man and a woman”

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Pope Leo XIV: Marriage is a “stable union between a man and a woman”

Not surprising that the newly-crowned emperor of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Leo XIV has now categorically stated that a “stable union between a man and a woman” forms the bedrock of good Christian families. Back in 2012, he had reportedly made remarks on the “homosexual lifestyle” and how “acceptance of same-sex relationships” allegedly promoted…

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Religion

Why Philippine elections are like NAIA departure area bollards

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Why Philippine elections are like NAIA departure area bollards

Today, Filipinos once again troop to the polls to participate in Philippine democracy’s most festive tradition. Without even being deep enough into the details of the who’s who among the choices and the what’s what of the “issues” at stake, it is easy to predict what the outcome of all this means to the average…

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Politics