Still flooded with ghosts, but the plunder levels are unprecedented
Roderick Toledo
September 11, 2025
Having ghost projects in our public works is neither new nor surprising. We’ve always had ghosts in all aspects of
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Running in (academic) ovals
DLS Pineda
September 5, 2025
In the week after the nth iteration of “The Great UP Run,” I found myself asking: What’s so great about
Once more unto the breach with the scandal du jour, even with thinning reserves of hope
Rosario A. Garcellano
September 1, 2025
What does the current spasm in the body politic over the latest manifestations of corruption indicate but that the more
Transitional justice: Moving forward from Rodrigo Duterte is a ‘national responsibility’
DLS Pineda
August 2, 2025
With Rodrigo Duterte detained in The Hague for nearly five months, the public may now take the question seriously: What
Sara’s impeachment trial, Baste’s boxing bout, and the (worsening) floods of our lives
Rosario A. Garcellano
July 28, 2025
Vice President Sara Duterte and her younger brother, Acting Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte of Davao City, have managed to evade
True power can be ours if we put our values and principles beyond the corrupt
Roderick Toledo
July 8, 2025
Here we go again. Time was when every exhortation by then President Rodrigo Duterte to kill or threat to kill
When ‘dinosaurs’ peopled the Inquirer, they made it No. 1
Rosario A. Garcellano
July 4, 2025
A tempest in a teacup has been stirred by someone who attributed to “dinosaurs” the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s purported bumbling
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
‘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
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Where I ate all my veggies
Elizabeth Lolarga
September 12, 2025
Barangay Poblacion in Makati City has acquired a reputation as great for exploring a variety of food and drinks. I
Still flooded with ghosts, but the plunder levels are unprecedented
Roderick Toledo
September 11, 2025
Having ghost projects in our public works is neither new nor surprising. We’ve always had ghosts in all aspects of
Name, shame, prosecute: Lacson plumbs the ‘national sewer of corrupted flood control projects’
Christine O. Avendaño
September 10, 2025
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson has linked recently resigned public works secretary Manuel Bonoan to a government contractor of
The unrest in Indonesia is driven by inequalities and entrenched oligarchic rule
Eduardo C. Tadem
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Indonesia has been ravaged by its worst popular unrest since the downfall of the dictator Suharto in 1998. Large-scale street
Escudero loses Senate presidency to Sotto as scandal over multibillion-peso flood projects rages
Nestor Corrales
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Francis Escudero lost the Senate presidency to Vicente Sotto III on Monday, just over a month after his reelection to
The employment impact of a national ban on single-use plastic will be manageable
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