Photo Courtesy: Bloomberg The country continues to sink deeper into economic hardship. Ordinary Filipinos are being squeezed from all sides as the cost of living rises while opportunities to improve their livelihoods remain scarce. For millions of families, making ends meet has become a daily struggle. Yet amid this suffering, there are those who appear…
photo courtesy: senate gov. ph With the House of Representatives already behaving as an extension of the Palace, Filipinos should want a Senate that is more independent of Malacañang, not less. That is why the recent attempt to reorganize the Senate through a highly contested claim of quorum should concern even those who have no…
Reports say Vince Francis Dingding, a former UP Cebu student leader, was among five people killed on May 16, 2026, in reported encounters between government troops and alleged NPA members in Cauayan, Negros Occidental. Public accounts also suggest that he had been separated from ordinary family life for years after reportedly joining the underground movement….
The impeachment filed against Sara Duterte was never purely about accountability or constitutional duty. From the very beginning, it carried the unmistakable scent of politics and personal vendetta. Those loudly invoking “due process” today remained conveniently silent during the congressional hearings where questionable proceedings and obvious political maneuvering already unfolded. If due process truly mattered…
The affirmative votes of many congressmen for the impeachment of Vice President have drawn widespread public attention and, more importantly, deep disappointment from many of their constituents. This comes amid persistent allegations that financial incentives — disguised as district projects, “ayuda,” and other forms of government assistance — influenced the outcome of the votin Let…
A surge from 4.1% to 7.2% inflation in just a month is not a routine fluctuation—it’s a warning siren. For Filipino families, this isn’t about percentages on paper. This is about shrinking grocery bags, higher fares, and the quiet dread of not knowing if the next paycheck will still be enough. Every spike in inflation…
A young woman is dead. That fact should discipline every sentence written about Alyssa Alano. Death should not become a playground for slogans. It should not become a trophy for the state. It should not become a ready-made martyrdom script for movements that know how to turn ambiguity into political ammunition. But grief is not…
In public discourse, words matter. But increasingly, they are no longer used to clarify truth—they are used to escape it. The recent defense from the Palace spokesperson Claire Castro is a textbook example. What was initially understood by the public as a straightforward claim—that an individual had been “nahuli”—is now being walked back, dissected, and…
Photo courtesy: TED ALJIBE / AFP This narrative cuts deep because it finally gives voice to what I—and millions of Filipinos—have long felt and believed: the crushing exhaustion of watching a government that seems willing to bend the law, stretch its power, and hide behind technicalities, while ordinary citizens bear the pain. It is the…
In Philippine politics, loyalty has always been a flexible currency—rarely rooted in principle, often dictated by survival. Today, as the groundswell of support continues to build behind Vice President Sara Duterte, a familiar pattern is beginning to emerge: the silent migration of political figures toward perceived power. This is not ideology. This is not conviction….
