‘Bagong Pilipinas’ rolling along
The administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. framed the Bagong Pilipinas initiative not merely as a slogan but as a master plan for…
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Columnists, editorials, guest essays, and letters — Daily Tribune Opinion.
Romanticizing Bato
The political landscape is tense and filled with distrust. The recent communication from the PNP raises doubts about the truthfulness of…
Brazil’s cue
The news report was straightforward. But substitute ‘barring the return of the Duterte family to power’ and Brazil’s recent elections…
Naked truth militates vs Leonen
Leonen has written decisions that limit officials’ powers, and he has dissented often, sometimes against the very leaders who now sit near…
Ilocos Norte neglected under Bongbong?
Maybe the congressmen are getting nervous? We heard there’s a terrible drought coming in 2028. Not El Niño. A budget drought.
Buck stops at Palace
The racket began with Unprogrammed Appropriations, which are lump-sum funds with no line items.
Ayuda: Politics of dependency
Unfortunately, these are not real investments in human capital, arguably the Philippines’ most valuable resource. They are simply a means…
I think I know where Bato is
Bato! Never trust a man who says he’d die for you. Ask if he’d stay poor for you. Much tougher question. Especially when that man has a…
Controlling Super El Niño
Tell us where the system will break under a long drought. Tell us which rules will slow relief, and which loopholes will invite abuse.
Radical antidote to Filipino apathy
If we want to rescue our nation from the grip of cynicism, we must stop playing by the rules of an outrage machine that cannibalizes our…
Peso’s freefall
The peso’s fall reflects how things are in the country. And if those in power cannot protect the people from the compounding shock of a…
Pork lovers are off-limits
Under the UA, the funding for FAPs is uncertain, while the inserted projects get definite allocations.
Cost of winning
We rage at corruption, but continue to live with an electoral system that makes money indispensable to political survival.
Choosing well
As President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approaches the final phase of his administration, carefully selecting Cabinet members and other…
Running on unregulated crowdsourcing, anyone? (2)
By most ordinary logic alone, it presents a degree of ambiguity as to whether such a positional view, unless revisited, can hold water.
Meaning less and less
One should enjoy in moderation, but without harming others and breaking the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule. Crooks in government, I’m…
Lurid Manila nights
The median age of the victims was 11, and some were infants. Here, we are talking of monsters sharing space with innocent kids.
No papers, no pork
‘Every delayed project has an economic cost, while every anomalous, poorly vetted project costs us even more through wasted taxpayer money.’
