Former Senator Franklin Drilon pointed out a troubling and unprecedented development in the country’s budget process: a sitting President openly siding with one chamber of Congress during budget deliberations. The President’s statement favoring the restoration of the ₱45-billion cut from the DPWH budget goes beyond concern or preference. It constitutes direct intervention in a process…
What the nation is witnessing today is not governance—it is theater. A carefully staged political circus has been unleashed, not in pursuit of truth, but to divert public attention from what is shaping up to be one of the worst scandals in Philippine history under the current administration. Unable—or unwilling—to confront the growing evidence of…
Executive Secretary said “common sense” guided the decision to transfer ₱60 billion in PhilHealth funds to the National Treasury. Common sense daw. But let’s be brutally honest: calling it “common sense” does not make it wise—it only exposes how outrageous and irrational the move truly was. At a time when hospitals are collapsing, premiums are…
Just hours ago, 249 members of the House of Representatives voted to adopt the Ethics Committee’s recommendation to suspend Cavite 4th District Rep. Kiko Barzaga for 60 days—stripped of salary, stripped of allowances, and stripped, it seems, of the basic respect due to a member of Congress who dared to speak uncomfortable truths. Five lawmakers…
Photo courtesy: Zaldy Co facebook page The President recently announced the possible filing of plunder, anti-graft, and indirect bribery charges against Speaker Martin Romualdez and former Congressman Zaldy Co. At first glance, it appears that the government has had a sudden change of heart and is finally willing to pursue the “real culprits” of the…
In a startling revelation that stunned the nation on the 2nd day of the INC rally, Senator Imee Marcos—the President’s own elder sister—confirmed a long-circulating accusation: that her brother was once and is an illegal drug user. She even validated former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s previous report that the President appeared in the so-called “celebrity…
What greater insult can be hurled against justice than to have an Ombudsman—the supposed sentinel of integrity—become the very mouthpiece of lies? The statement of Atty. Nicholas Kaufman, lead counsel of former President Rodrigo Duterte, exposing that the supposed ICC warrant against Senator Bato Dela Rosa was nothing more than a “figment of Ombudsman Remulla’s…
📸University of Illinois In an age where machines learn, think, and even “create,” one question lingers in the hearts of many: Who is more intelligent — humans or artificial intelligence? It’s a debate that mirrors the conflict between creator and creation, between wisdom and efficiency, between heart and logic. Artificial intelligence (AI) is undeniably changing…
For so long, Mindanao has been treated as the nation’s distant cousin—useful for its wealth, yet constantly looked down upon. From being branded with degrading labels such as “Sub-Saharan,” to enduring political pressure and unfair scrutiny, the people of Mindanao have borne it all with quiet strength. Yet despite the hurts, insults, and injustices, Mindanao…
Photo Courtesy: DOJ In the grand theater of Philippine politics, what was once speculation has now unfolded into undeniable reality — the collusion of the three branches of government no longer hides behind curtains. The latest appointment of former DOJ Secretary, now Ombudsman Boying Remulla, is not a triumph of merit but a symbol of…
