One of the most imperative questions at the moment, insofar as the Philippines’ economy is concerned, is whether the country has collapsed into the “sick man of Asia” once again,…
What? Seriously?? Is this a joke?? Because it’s NOT funny at all! “Not U.S. bases” is a semantic escape hatch, NOT a security reality. Saying EDCA sites are “not U.S.…
Now, there’s news spreading that Mojtaba Khamenei has already been installed as Iran’s new Supreme Leader. Under Iran’s constitution, the next Supreme Leader must be formally chosen by the Assembly…
The image captures more than rhetoric. It reveals the normalization of open, state-sanctioned threats in the language of power. When a sitting U.S. War Secretary declares, “Then we will hunt…
If the Strait of Hormuz is effectively closed, the impact on the Philippines would be immediate, structural, and multi-layered, even though PH is geographically far from the Gulf. The strategic…
THE confirmation-of-charges proceedings against former president Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague rest on a foundational assumption: that the court’s investigation was impartial, independent, and…
The unfolding confirmation-of-charges hearing against former President Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague rests on a fundamental premise: that the investigation conducted by the ICC…
On February 24, 2026, 18 former Philippine Marines surfaced in a press conference with a claim so staggering it strains belief: that they delivered ₱805 billion in cash, packed in…
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…