Incompetence made worse by indifference (1)
THE PUBLIC HAS NOT FORGOTTEN (AND SHOULD NEVER FORGET) THAT THE FLOODWATERS ARE NOT UNFORESEEABLE ACTS OF GOD BUT A CONSEQUENCE OF…
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THE PUBLIC HAS NOT FORGOTTEN (AND SHOULD NEVER FORGET) THAT THE FLOODWATERS ARE NOT UNFORESEEABLE ACTS OF GOD BUT A CONSEQUENCE OF…
LAW SAYS THEY CAN RAISE THE FEE ONLY EVERY THREE YEARS. RAISE IT NOW, THEN THE FANCY NEW PASSPORT COMES IN 2028, ‘CAN WE RAISE IT?’ ‘WE…
WHETHER BY DESIGN OR ACCIDENT, THE OPTICS HAVE DAMAGED A SUPPOSEDLY INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION THAT THRIVES ON PUBLIC TRUST
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With the strong inclination to craft a pork barrel-packed proposal, the House’s own budget should have faced the most scrutiny.
The government is leveraging digital transformation to create one million high-value digital jobs by 2028.
If the Senate ultimately rejects the fixed 16-vote rule, a trip to the Supreme Court seems almost inevitable.
The tragedy in Banga, coupled with previous incidents in Tacloban and Zamboanga, laid bare the need for a reliable framework that holds…
In math, it is the ‘bottom number in a fraction that shows the total number of equal parts making up a whole.’ In this case, 24 is the…
Now some senators, who are sworn to protect the Constitution, are the ones eroding the safeguards instituted by its framers.
Bongbong should be reminded that institutions lose credibility when citizens suspect accountability follows political allegiance.
The province is now ground zero of public anger, and this shift, understandable in its origins, carries risks that those in power would be…
As I joined our Filipino athletes in Nagoya, Japan, for the 2026 Asian Games, I am reminded that before our athlete reached the national…
Enforcement must start with firearm owners. They must prove that their weapons are securely stored, inaccessible to minors and accounted…
The wife did not categorically testify that her husband’s abandonment and failure to provide financial support caused her mental or…
To be honest, the administration is dead set on convicting the former Education Secretary, come hell or high water.
Government support comes with a responsibility that goes beyond announcing programs, holding expos and producing development plans. It must…
THE PUBLIC HAS NOT FORGOTTEN (AND SHOULD NEVER FORGET) THAT THE FLOODWATERS ARE NOT UNFORESEEABLE ACTS OF GOD BUT A CONSEQUENCE OF…
LAW SAYS THEY CAN RAISE THE FEE ONLY EVERY THREE YEARS. RAISE IT NOW, THEN THE FANCY NEW PASSPORT COMES IN 2028, ‘CAN WE RAISE IT?’ ‘WE…
WHETHER BY DESIGN OR ACCIDENT, THE OPTICS HAVE DAMAGED A SUPPOSEDLY INDEPENDENT INSTITUTION THAT THRIVES ON PUBLIC TRUST
The influence of social media is not primarily a legal phenomenon. It is cultural: it lives in what we normalize, what we notice, and…
For years, creativity in the Philippines was often treated as something to celebrate rather than something to build an economy around. But…
With the strong inclination to craft a pork barrel-packed proposal, the House’s own budget should have faced the most scrutiny.
The government is leveraging digital transformation to create one million high-value digital jobs by 2028.
If the Senate ultimately rejects the fixed 16-vote rule, a trip to the Supreme Court seems almost inevitable.
The tragedy in Banga, coupled with previous incidents in Tacloban and Zamboanga, laid bare the need for a reliable framework that holds…
In math, it is the ‘bottom number in a fraction that shows the total number of equal parts making up a whole.’ In this case, 24 is the…
Now some senators, who are sworn to protect the Constitution, are the ones eroding the safeguards instituted by its framers.
Bongbong should be reminded that institutions lose credibility when citizens suspect accountability follows political allegiance.
The province is now ground zero of public anger, and this shift, understandable in its origins, carries risks that those in power would be…
As I joined our Filipino athletes in Nagoya, Japan, for the 2026 Asian Games, I am reminded that before our athlete reached the national…
Enforcement must start with firearm owners. They must prove that their weapons are securely stored, inaccessible to minors and accounted…
The wife did not categorically testify that her husband’s abandonment and failure to provide financial support caused her mental or…
To be honest, the administration is dead set on convicting the former Education Secretary, come hell or high water.
Government support comes with a responsibility that goes beyond announcing programs, holding expos and producing development plans. It must…
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