Editor's Pick

Senate Serye Episode One: Script reveal, chaos, and civil society

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By Katrina Stuart Santiago

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May 31, 2026

This is the first time in a long long time that those of us on the side of democracy and justice have been on the same page. Fully, on that one page, no ifs and buts, no bickering among ourselves, foregoing — at least for now — where we stand across the political divides. Finally, we have decided that this side, this one side, is the side we are on...The goal is to stay on it, and keep at it. And find a common candidate for 2028. We start by keeping track of this serye.

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Up to 70 witnesses to testify vs Duterte as ICC trial starts Nov. 30

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By Janna Millenas

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May 28, 2026

ICC prosecutor and senior trial lawyer Julian Nicholls disclosed that they intend to present 60 to 70 witnesses against Duterte, including around 31 insider witnesses who allegedly have direct knowledge of how the crimes were planned and carried out.

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Duterte drug war to face a Truth Commission

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By Antonio J. Montalvan II

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May 27, 2026

Victims’ suffering is central and foundational to a truth commission, serving in fact as the core justification for its existence and the primary metric of its success.

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The 3 times that Pia Cayetano made us cry

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By Antonio J. Montalvan II

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May 25, 2026

The audacity to ask for our tears when she shed not even a single teardrop for the thousands of voiceless Filipinos destroyed by state bullets in the bloody carnage of her madman Rasputin.

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Duterte’s snub of hearings a factor in ICC’s decision to keep him detained

FACT CHECK: SC did NOT block Sen. Bato’s arrest with ICC warrant

A viral Facebook reel claims the SC halted Sen. Bato Dela Rosa's arrest. This is false. The SC only denied his request for an emergency TRO; the main case remains pending.

Arts & Culture

Archaeology and the Law

The bespectacled Kathleen Felise Constance dela Cuesta Tantuico may strike one as a studious hoarder of degrees the way one can be a hoarder of hobbies. This 38-year-old author of the ground-breaking book Archaeology and the Law: Legal Awareness and Advocacy in Philippine Archaeology has been praised by Raul Pangalangan, professor emeritus of the University of the Philippines College of Law, former judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), incoming dean of the new Pamantasan ng Pasig school of law and a member of the newly formed Truth Commission, for being “the first and only Filipino lawyer-archaeologist (who has) identified legislation that impinges upon archaeology as a discipline."

Commentary South China Sea

Taking back the WPS, one mission at a time

Talk is cheap. We should have learned that lesson yesterday. Our verbosity alone will not drive China’s ships away from our exclusive economic zone. Words must be backed up by a coherent strategy and determined responses that imposes costs on them. Recovering control of our waters, after it was given up by the Duterte administration before, will require a long, arduous and incremental campaign, one island at a time, one feature at a time, one mission at a time.