When long exchanges in the Senate stir memory and dig up nuggets of recent history
Rosario A. Garcellano
June 15, 2025
Collective memory was stirred by the protracted “debate” that occurred in the Senate on June 9 and 10 before it
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‘Litisin’: The Senate is called to stop stalling and put Sara Duterte on trial
Rosario A. Garcellano
June 8, 2025
Last week Sen. Imee Marcos was filmed telling reporters that in the Senate, not only the “maka-Duterte” camp but also
Members of the ‘Magic 12’ set the tone of the Senate in the 20th Congress
Rosario A. Garcellano
May 17, 2025
Sen. Imee Marcos, 12th in the “Magic 12,” was first to be proclaimed among the winning senators at the Manila
The rhetoric of losing: the rise—and wrong grammar—of the concession speech in the midterm polls
Lito B. Zulueta
May 14, 2025
The May 12 midterm elections marked a subtle but significant evolution in Philippine political culture. The speed of the vote
The surveys have listed the likely winners, but young voters hold their destiny in their hands
Rosario A. Garcellano
May 10, 2025
It’s less than two days before the midterm polls, and one’s sense of foreboding takes on deeper proportions with the
The big question at the conclave: the pope and the Church we should have
Roderick Toledo
May 6, 2025
As the Vatican’s College of Cardinals gears for the conclave to choose the next pope, the Christian world is rife
How the Comelec means to fight sex and hate in the election campaign
Rosario A. Garcellano
April 9, 2025
Incredibly, the disgraced congressional candidate in Pasig City doesn’t get it. In another campaign event he trotted out a member
‘Nanlaban. Tepok.’
Roderick Toledo
March 23, 2025
At the height of Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” there was a huge billboard along C5 in Pasig City that
Duterte’s arrest is about crimes against humanity, not ‘pamumulitika’
Rosario A. Garcellano
March 13, 2025
Too bad that after the daylong wait on Tuesday for President Marcos Jr. to enlighten the nation on the arrest
Where love continues to live
Antonette Alzaga
February 14, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE: With this new section called Young Voices, CoverStory opens space for young people feeling their way into the
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Rosario A. Garcellano
January 5, 2025
Three impeachment complaints against Vice President Sara Duterte are pending in the House of Representatives, filed respectively by members of
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Roderick Toledo
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