Editor's Pick

Duterte to stay put in detention as ICC rejects his appeal vs. jurisdiction ruling

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By Janna Millenas

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Apr 23, 2026

The ICC’s Appeals Chamber, composed of five judges, affirmed by majority vote the Oct. 23 decision of its Pre-Trial Chamber I that the court has legal power over drug war killings committed when the Philippines was still a member of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC.

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Zaldy Co in custody: Breakthrough or breakdown in accountability?

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By Tita C. Valderama

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Apr 20, 2026

If Co becomes merely a tool to purge political opponents while allies are shielded, the cycle of corruption will simply reset under a different name. The real test of the administration’s sincerity lies in whether the investigation follows the money wherever it leads, even to the doorstep of those currently in power.

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Looking back at the Battle of Bataan

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By Jose Antonio A. Custodio

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Apr 15, 2026

By late 1944, after two and a half years since the fall of Bataan, it was estimated by Allied intelligence that a million Filipinos were in one way or another part of the guerrilla resistance. These Filipinos held on to hope in a time of hopelessness, maintained courage despite being abandoned, and this is why we remember and commemorate their sacrifice on what is one of the most solemn days in the Philippines, the Day of Valor, or in Filipino, “ang Araw ng Kagitingan”.

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‘Because you are Filipino’

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By Tita C. Valderama

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Apr 13, 2026

The Philippine passport should be a source of pride, a shield of protection, not a badge of suspicion. Every Filipino deserves to see the world without being treated like a criminal just because of where they were born.

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Global fact-checkers soldier on despite funding cuts

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By Ma. Rizza Francisco

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Apr 3, 2026

META platforms may have cut funding for fact-checking organizations but Asian fact-checkers are finding ways to continue the fight, even with political pressure.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: Photo of Zaldy Co arrest in Czech Republic AI-GENERATED

Multiple Facebook posts show a photo of former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co in handcuffs at the border of Czech Republic and Germany. The image is AI-generated. There is no official photograph of his arrest.

Arts & Culture

Theater’s truth-telling power

At the curtain call, it was inevitable that Capinding would call on the true Maestro, director Anton Juan, who drew out these stellar performances in a setting so intimate that we sometimes feared an actor might trip on our foot or brush past our shoulder.BJ Crisostomo’s Saglit Lang goes onstage again at the Mirror Studio Theater, on April 25 and 26, with two stagings at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the fifth floor of SJG Building at 8463 Kalayaan Avenue corner Don Pedro Street, Makati. On May 11, it goes to Bacolod City.

Commentary

The Dutertes are not corrupt. Says who?

One development thwarts the Duterte pattern (of non-accountability). The Commission on Audit has now obligated her to return 73,287,000 of her confidential funds. There is only one meaning to that: fund misuse.