Editor's Pick

Wilkins Villanueva’s value to Rodrigo Duterte

Commentary

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By Antonio J. Montalvan II

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Dec 17, 2024

The date was Dec. 31, 2004. A shabu laboratory in Ulas, Davao city along the highway to Toril had just been raided. The raiding team was composed of agents from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) of Region XI led by its head Wilkins Villanueva.

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Pro-Duterte accounts flood YouTube with rage-bait disinformation amid UniTeam split

Duterte, Sara fail to declare P100M investments, documents show

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By VERA Files

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Nov 14, 2024

President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter Sara omitted to fully disclose their joint deposits and investments at the Bank of Philippine Islands, which conservatively exceeded P100 million in some years, when they were mayor and vice mayor of Davao City, our analysis of bank records submitted to Congress and their annual net worth declarations shows.

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BBM’s fictional version of the Bicol River Basin Development Project

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By Miguel Paolo P. Reyes

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Nov 11, 2024

Since Bongbong took office, government propagandists have a track record of amplifying his and his family’s line that all went downhill after 1986, so it is necessary for a Marcos to course-correct the country.

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Peril to paradise? China-funded Samal-Davao bridge project raises worries over Paradise Reef damage

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By Lucelle Bonzo

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Oct 31, 2024

The sentiments of Samal residents have worried environmental groups and a family that has protected the island's reefs for years. The bridge construction will destroy corals and affect the pristine waters that make Samal beaches a favorite destination.

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FACT CHECK Online Posts

FACT CHECK: SC DID NOT order AFP to arrest Marcos

A YouTube video claims that the Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to arrest President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This is not true.

Claims by Public Figures FACT CHECK

FACT CHECK: Duterte counsel claims on ICC probe, jurisdiction on drug-war killings FALSE

Salvador Medialdea falsely claimed "there was no mention" of jurisdiction in the 2021 ruling of the ICC authorizing the investigation of EJKs under the Duterte administration's drug war.

Commentary

Gainers and losers in the ratified P6.35 trillion budget for 2025

The annual budget program, which is the single most important piece of legislation Congress scrutinizes and approves every year, has become a tool in aid of reelection, cunningly touted as pro-poor.