Hindi ako sang-ayon sa paggamit ni Claire Castro ng salitang “premature” sa pagpuna sa malaking budget increase para sa distritong kinakatawan ni Sandro Marcos. Tama siya na hindi automatic na pagnanakaw ang budget insertion. Hindi pa rin final ang proposed budget. Pero nang…
Read the commentary →The national government's debt reached ₱19.66 trillion at the end of September 2026. The Bureau of the Treasury's October 30 release shows that much of the month's increase came from changes in currency values. Separating that from net borrowing helps explain what the government…
Read storyPDP-Laban issued an open letter on October 31 asking the Supreme Court to promptly decide cases concerning former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. The party said it would accept the Court’s ruling whichever side it favored, and asked the government…
Read storyAn official under preventive suspension temporarily stops doing the job, but the office still has work to do. Barangay services and public projects need someone responsible for them while the investigation continues and the case remains undecided. The Ombudsman has ordered the…
Read storyPDP-Laban issued an open letter on October 31 asking the Supreme Court to promptly decide cases concerning former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. The party said it would accept the Court’s ruling whichever side it favored, and asked the government…
Read the latest edition →Browse previous editionsA new Registry report has put victim applications back in focus ahead of Rodrigo Duterte’s trial at the International Criminal Court. The October 29 filing assesses 50 applications. It does not announce that 50 people have been admitted to the trial. For families seeking a place…
Read storyA court order taking money away from its holder can sound like a criminal verdict. It is not necessarily one.
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IS ASIA PREPARING FOR WAR?
I received an email from Ms. Lorna, 65 years old, retired, at taga-Angono, Rizal. Ang tanong niya, naghahanda na ba ang Asia para sa giyera? At kung magkaroon nga ng giyera, ano ang mga warning signs na dapat nating bantayan? Posible bang madamay ang Pilipinas?
Read story ↗There’s a budget insertion in your district, and you don’t know about it?
Someone told me in the comments, “Your guess is as good as mine.”
Read story ↗Does the budget follow need or political power?
A district should not have to elect the president’s son or cousin to get the roads, bridges and flood protection it needs. People pay taxes regardless of whom their congressman knows.
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