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Governance at Sea: Is this the right time for a Department of Maritime and Ocean Affairs?

Drug War Truth Commission opens first hearing with slain teenager case

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By Janna Millenas

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Aug 14, 2026

At the hearing at the Pius Center in Paco, Manila, Luzviminda Siapo testified about the killing of her 19-year-old son, Raymart Siapo, who had a clubfoot.

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Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 6: Audit trail, courtroom tensions

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By Tita C. Valderama

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Aug 13, 2026

For two days, Aug. 11 and 12, Commission on Audit supervising auditor Xylene Mae del Campo returned to a deceptively simple point: Acknowledgment receipts may show that someone received money, but they do not, by themselves, establish why the money was paid, whether the expense was authorized or whether a claimed confidential operation actually succeeded.

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Pan de Silica…este Pax Silica: Ang nilulutong pangako sa pag-unlad. Kakagat ka ba?

Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, Week 5: Beyond the receipts

FACT CHECK: Suan did NOT propose banning Duterte supporters from entering Cagayan de Oro

A Facebook post claims that Cagayan de Oro Rep. Lordan Suan has proposed banning supporters of former president Rodrigo Duterte, specifically those from Davao and Misamis Oriental, from entering the city. This is fake.

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IBON Midyear BirdTalk 2026: Government must prioritize national development amid global instability

IBON executive director Sonny Africa:The upper-middle-class-income status isn’t holding true because, one, the Philippines is at the bottom one-third of the poorest countries in the world. Second, its GNI per capita of US$4, 850 is one-third of the global average of US$14, 244. Third, it doesn’t measure development because “economy is about the welfare of the people, not just economic growth.

Commentary

The enduring DDS fallacy of Risa Hontiveros and Philhealth

Who is mightily angry at Risa Hontiveros? Those who are upset that she is doing something good in the Senate. Something good that erodes the myth and lies about the Dutertes.