Election results and ‘destabilization’

Apr 19, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion

  There were fears supporters of opposition leader Maria Leonor Robredo won’t accept the election results if the only son of the late dictator Ferdinand Maros would win the balloting next month. There were speculations they would take to the streets to protest...

Impunity in spending taxpayers’ money

Aug 27, 2021 | In the trenches, Opinion

They really believed they could get away with the killings.They hid behind a president who has been flouting the country’s laws since he got elected into office in 2016.Rodrigo Duterte has immunity from lawsuits only until he steps down in June 2022. Even if he is...

Int’l. rights group slams Pres. Duterte’s threats despite inking new UN rights program

Jul 31, 2021 | Nation

International rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s “old drug war rhetoric” in his ultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA) days after the Philippines signed a deal with the United Nations to address the country’s human rights...

With no direct corruption links, ‘Duterte magic still shines’

Jul 23, 2021 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte remains popular amid the Covid-19 pandemic as there were no corruption issues that could be linked directly to him, a political science professor said.Voters only became “disappointed” with candidates and political figures if they were...

Bishop hits Duterte: ‘May legacy ba siya?’

Jun 14, 2021 | Nation

 A bishop has hit President Duterte’s lack of legacy with just a year before he leaves office next year. “Ang biggest legacy ay hindi ko alam, may legacy ba siya?”  Bishop Broderick Pabillo, apostolic administrator of the Manila archdiocese, told PressOne.PH.“Ang...