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EDITORIAL - Honesty in SALNS

In a rare interjection at the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday, Sen. Lito Lapid raised two issues about the statement of assets, liabilities and net worth or SALN that all public officials are required to file every year.

1 day ago

EDITORIAL – Independent probe needed

3 days ago

EDITORIAL — The ballot, not the bullet

2 days ago

EDITORIAL - Perpetual BSKE postponement

5 days ago

EDITORIAL — Voting on the threshold

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Crescendo

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | 5 days ago

Sara Duterte was dragged to court on funny charges of grave threats.

No refund lobby

By COMMONSENSE | By Marichu A. Villanueva | 1 day ago

After years of it being charged to our monthly electric bills, the Bureau of Internal Revenue has officially removed the value-added tax on system loss charge of power utilities like the Manila Electric...

Bastos

By VIRTUAL REALITY | By Tony Lopez | 6 hours ago

When the high and mighty fall

By VIRTUAL REALITY | By Tony Lopez | 7 days ago

What a thrilling moment in Philippine history.

Seismic

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | 6 hours ago

President BBM mentioned the proliferation of substandard steel but offered to policy solution to the problem. The matter, he says, will be investigated.

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Bringing Ukrainian children back home

By EYES WIDE OPEN | By Iris Gonzales | 6 hours ago

Sasha, a young Ukrainian boy, was only 11 years old when the Russians attacked.

Subversive readers needed

By BREAKTHROUGH | By Elfren S. Cruz | 6 hours ago

The Subversive Reader: Essays on Critical Theory, Cultural Politics and the Philippine Insurgent Experience by E. San Juan Jr. (Vibal Foundation, 2023) is a hefty volume, a collection of challenging and politically...

From the battlefield to the rice field

By DIPLOMATIC POUCH | By Lee Gong-Dy | 6 hours ago

I arrived in Manila on Aug. 13 to begin my mission as Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Philippines.

Red flags in the BARMM vote

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | 1 day ago

In Maluso, Basilan, over 16,000 ballots – about half of the entire voting population in the town – were found to have been pre-shaded.

Cause and liability

By CTALK | By Cito Beltran | 1 day ago

We first learned about the maritime disaster involving MV June Aster from friends and relatives in the Netherlands aka Holland.

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Ex-CJs to Senate: You decide on 16-vote threshold

Ex-CJs to Senate: You decide on 16-vote threshold

Three former chief justices stated that the two-thirds threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte is not fixed at 16 of the 24 senators, and said the decision ultimately lies with the Senate.

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Defense may question voting threshold rule before SC

Defense may question voting threshold rule before SC

The defense team said questioning the ruling of the Senate impeachment court on the threshold to convict Vice President Sara Duterte before the Supreme Court remains an option.

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House adopts Senate bill on BSKE

House adopts Senate bill on BSKE

In a move to hasten the process, the House of Representatives has decided to adopt the approved measure of the Senate providing five-year terms for barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan officials as the BSK elections on Nov. 2 draw near.

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Fluid vote threshold open to abuse â�� Azcuna

Fluid vote threshold open to abuse – Azcuna

A changeable vote threshold can be easily manipulated by ruling political factions, retired Supreme Court associate justice Adolfo Azcuna warned yesterday, as he defended maintaining the required votes needed to convict an impeachable official at two-thirds of all 24 senators.

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Escudero hits prosecutors for violating sub judice rule

Escudero hits prosecutors for violating sub judice rule

Presiding officer Sen. Francis Escudero yesterday issued show-cause orders against members of the House prosecution panel amid alleged violation of the sub judice ruling in the ongoing impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte.

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Daily Bread

Grafted into Godâ��s Family

Grafted into God’s Family

You, though a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others. Romans 11:17

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