After Vice President Sara Duterte declared her intention to run for the highest office in the land, the chorus began. Opinions flooded timelines. Reactions multiplied. Statements—both glowing and venomous—echoed across media platforms. But the noise from those who oppose her is hardly surprising. They speculate. They distort. They bark as loudly as they please. Yet…
Daghang salamat sa Mindanao Journal family ilabina kang Sir Jun Ledesma nga naghatag kanako ug higayon nga makapaambit ug impormasyon sa publiko pinaagi niining column nato MGA ISYU KARON. Isip usa ka sakop sa industriya sa media atong ginapaninguha nga mapaambit sa publiko ang unod sa mga panghitabo sa atong palibot ilabina kung may kalabot…
The announcement that Vice President Sara Duterte is setting her sights on 2028 is not merely a political headline. It is not just another early maneuver in the endless chessboard of Philippine elections. It is a signal. A tremor. And perhaps, for many Filipinos, a long-awaited confrontation with a government that has spent too much…
Photo Courtesy: AFP The West Philippine Sea is not a topic for rhetorical comfort. It is not a platform for generic patriotism, recycled soundbites, or moral performances carefully calibrated for applause. It is, quite simply, one of the most serious national security questions of our time. It involves international law, maritime entitlements, arbitration rulings, military…
The Interior Secretary’s proposal to spend ₱6 billion on a “comprehensive national ID system” supposedly to curb gun ownership is less a policy breakthrough than a familiar exercise in bureaucratic misdirection. It is difficult to treat such reasoning with seriousness. Firearm ownership in the Philippines is already among the most heavily documented civilian activities in…
photo: screengrab from PCO NO. Here’s the Truth. There is no law that totally prohibits public discussion of the President’s health—but there are legal and constitutional limits on how it’s discussed and what must be officially disclosed. Constitutional rule (very important) Under Article VII, Section 12 of the 1987 Constitution: “If the President suffers from…
Photo courtesy: Jay Tarriela, via Facebook. What exactly is PCG spokesperson Jay Tristan Tarriela trying to achieve by spewing distorted narratives, insults, and outright lies against China and President Xi Jinping—at a time when the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) are desperately working to approve e-visas and a two-week…
In a country where illness is already a sentence to poverty, the deliberate weakening of PhilHealth is nothing short of state-sponsored cruelty. While ordinary Filipinos line up in overcrowded public hospitals, beg for guarantees, borrow money for dialysis, chemotherapy, or emergency surgery, the government quietly starves the very institution meant to protect them. The numbers…
Let us stop pretending. Hindi ito tungkol sa “youth representation,” hindi ito tungkol sa “human rights,” at lalong hindi ito tungkol sa demokrasya. The hysterical outrage of the communist-led Makabayan bloc over the military action against Kabataan Partylist in the mountains of Mindoro only confirms what many Filipinos have long known: communism survives by deception,…
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…
