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…
The Philippine debt-to-GDP ratio reached 63.2% in 2025, a 20-year high that exceeded the commonly cited 60% “manageable” threshold. The data was sourced from the Bureau of the Treasury. With…
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…
The article headline from INQUIRER.net (February 19, 2026) quotes ICI Chair Andres Reyes declaring that the Chinese Communist Party is an “evil empire.” That phrase is not accidental. It is…
“Marcos Industrial Policy Driving Major Investment Commitments.”??? That’s the headline. The operative word, of course, is commitments, the most elastic (flexible) term in economic public relations. Let’s be clear: investment…
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https://youtu.be/dM1P0AVpKAQ Here’s a New Episode of Deep Blue Dialogue: An interesting conversation. I sat down with Dr. Yan Yan, Deputy Director of the SCS Probing Initiative, on her channel Deep…
LONG before phrases like “rules-based order” and “freedom of navigation operations,” which are US strategic messaging, dominated headlines, the relationship between the Philippines and China was shaped not by rivalry but…
Once sovereignty over the Kalayaan Group of Islands is properly framed as a question of “title plus effectivités,” rather than EEZ (exclusive economic zone) geometry, the analysis becomes clearer and…
https://youtu.be/lTcP0dpQi5M It has been over a month since the #Hainan Free Trade Port (#FTP) initiated its island-wide independent customs operation. With the continuous expansion of preferential tariff policies, South #China's…