True power can be ours if we put our values and principles beyond the corrupt
Roderick Toledo
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Here we go again. Time was when every exhortation by then President Rodrigo Duterte to kill or threat to kill
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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
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Sen. Imee Marcos, 12th in the “Magic 12,” was first to be proclaimed among the winning senators at the Manila
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The May 12 midterm elections marked a subtle but significant evolution in Philippine political culture. The speed of the vote
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Rosario A. Garcellano
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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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Roderick Toledo
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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
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‘Nanlaban. Tepok.’
Roderick Toledo
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At the height of Rodrigo Duterte’s “war on drugs,” there was a huge billboard along C5 in Pasig City that
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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
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