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Vice President Sara Duterte has debunked a viral photo showing her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte (FPRRD), as ...
Barangay Captain Robert Olanolan of 76-A Bucana, Davao City, organized a prayer vigil for former President Rodrigo Duterte, expressing concern over his health and criticizing his detention as a ...
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Congress and the Supreme Court
ACTING on a petition filed by Vice President Sara Duterte with the Supreme Court assailing the legality of the articles of ...
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What will it take to replace the Senate?
SO much public resentment must have developed against the Philippine Senate for its failure to act promptly on the House of ...
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Cayetano’s corrupted view of compassion
THE Bible-quoting Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano once introduced himself as “an ambassador of the Lord Jesus Christ,” eliciting ...
SEN. Panfilo Lacson said senator-judges should leave the filing of motions and pleadings related to the impeachment trial of ...
First of a series THE nation’s attention appears to be glued to the forthcoming impeachment trial of Vice President Sara ...
Sen. Panfilo Lacson has cautioned his colleagues about moving to dismiss the impeachment complaint of Vice President Sara ...
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The next ombudsman
In what could be his last hurrah before retirement as ombudsman, Samuel Martires has ordered the filing of graft and falsification charges against former officials of the Procurement Service of the ...
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‘Pursuit of justice’ – a PR windfall
After three long years of lackluster performances, the PBBM administration may have found their sweet spot and did not even realize it until of late. Whether you like them or not, the Bongbong Marcos ...
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Politics as melodrama
I’ve often argued that our most popular literary form isn’t lyric poetry, the short story and certainly not the novel – it’s theater and, more specifically, melodrama. Born in the West in the 18th ...
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Deus ex machina
In Greek and Roman mythology, the gods and goddesses in Olympus go down to earth in human and other forms to intervene in the affairs of the mortals. Inspired by mythology, writers often use the Latin ...