WHEN great powers squabble, small states pay the price. And in today’s Asia, the spat is no longer a polite diplomatic dance. It’s an increasingly public, sharp-edged confrontation between Japan…
1. Article XI, Section 1 — Public Office Is a Public Trust: “Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must, at all times, be accountable to the…
ASEAN today finds itself in an uncomfortable but unavoidable position: seated squarely at the fault line of U.S.–China rivalry. The question often asked — Is ASEAN being forced to choose…
https://youtu.be/YH1UKFS5gqo Hundreds of thousands gathered on Sunday at the start of a three-day demonstration organized by a religious group in the Philippine capital, Manila, to demand accountability over a corruption…
Every president of the Republic is held to the highest standards of probity and integrity—not by whim, not by politics, but by constitutional design. He alone, by his lonesome and…
IN a country accustomed to corruption scandals, political acrobatics and a steady diet of “latest controversies,” it takes something massive — seismic, even — to shock the public conscience. But…
https://youtube.com/shorts/n2Wg5ju7JVU The reporter’s question was direct: Given massive corruption, a sinking peso, a plunging stock market, slower GDP growth, and collapsing FDI, what is the plan to restore investor confidence…
If the Philippine economy had a pulse monitor today, it would be flashing red. The numbers tell a story so grim, even the government’s habitual optimism can’t sugarcoat it, though…
Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla’s latest warning—“We will arrest you”—aimed at supposed/so-called “destabilizers” during the upcoming INC-UPI-led three-day rally alongside other groups and Filipinos this November 16 to 18, reveals something…
Suppose the International Criminal Court (ICC) moves to arrest a sitting and incumbent Philippine senator. In that case, it is not just Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa and former President Rodrigo…