What a shame for Butuyan to portray the Philippines as if it were a failed state. To suggest, in an international courtroom no less, that the country is so irredeemably…
Let us begin with a basic legal reality: a confirmation-of-charges hearing is not a trial. It is a filtering stage. Judges determine whether there are substantial grounds to believe the…
By now, the headlines are familiar. Three counts of murder as “crimes against humanity.” Nine incidents in Davao. Five “high-value target” cases early in the presidency. Thirty-five barangay clearance operations.…
WHEN Sara Duterte declared, “Ako si Sara Duterte, tatakbo bilang Pangulo ng Pilipinas (I am Sara Duterte, and I will run for President of the Philippines),” it was not a…
Let’s not kid ourselves. When the House Committee on Justice voted 46–1–1 to declare the impeachment complaint against Ferdinand Marcos Jr. “sufficient in form,” this was not some sudden outbreak…
Let’s be clear from the start: what some are calling a “win” for VP Sara Duterte with reference to the reaffirmation of the ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) on…
IF impeachment in the Philippines can be stalled because the secretary-general is abroad, then let us be honest with ourselves: impeachment is no longer a constitutional remedy or a process.…
A SINGLE bad survey can be spun away. Two can be dismissed as methodological quirks. But when three different polling outfits, using different questions, samples and methodologies, start pointing in…
After nearly four decades of constitutional silence, Malacañang certified an anti-dynasty bill as a “priority,” and the House version was promptly filed by none other than the presidential son Sandro…
THE Philippines today is more visible on the global stage than at any point in recent decades, but also more vulnerable, more polarized at home and underperforming economically relative to…