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OPINION

ARTA x OMB

Many burdens on business are not caused by corrupt individuals but by poorly designed rules. The Ombudsman’s role is not only to punish…

Jose Dominic F. Clavano IV·

EDITORIAL

Romualdez gone, but pork lives on

Romualdez’s fall would have left behind a convenient fiction: that the scandal was of one man’s making, and that his removal means the…

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EDITORIAL

Palace, House of Horrors

Private sector fiscal experts released an analysis of the 2024 and 2025 national budgets, and the numbers are horrifying.

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OPINION

Wearing your loyalties

You do not need to support Marcos. You do not need to agree with Hontiveros. You certainly do not need to hate China. You simply need to…

Barry Gutierrez·

EDITORIAL

Marcos’ broken promise

When rice inflation tops 20 percent and the promised price lives behind a subsidy counter, the report card is on the table and it doesn’t…

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EDITORIAL

Where is judicial wisdom?

Dela Rosa is still here, still within reach of our courts, and the Supreme Court can still decide the matter before anyone is surrendered.

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OPINION

Curious case of Bato

There wouldn’t be any problem if the government simply sought domestic help. It wouldn’t do that, though, because it would allow Dela Rosa…

Atty. Edward P. Chico·

EDITORIAL

Gridlock by tradition?

Order cannot be legislated entirely by enforcers on the street corner; it must be practiced collectively by a public that is weary of…

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