FACT SHEET: Do the Discayas qualify as state witnesses?
Because the Discayas appear to be the most guilty in the flood control scandal, they may not qualify to be state witnesses.
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ANI: Plants! Glorious plants!
Celebrating Botanical Art Worldwide 2025, ANI: Our Assets, Natural Heritage, and Cultural Identity is an exhibition by the National Museum of the Philippines (Museum of Natural History, Gallery XII, 2F) and the Philippine Botanical Art Society until November 2025
Sara’s jailbreak plan may punish her father instead
“Let’s collaborate on a jailbreak,” Sara Duterte preached to her audience of her family’s Duterte Diehard Supporters in an interview she gave outside Scheveningen Prison in The Hague to the DDS vlogger Alvin Dave Sarzate. I saw the interview. Unfortunately, the Sara jailbreak statement will be one consideration the judges will rule on.
What is Benjamin Magalong really fighting for?
Magalong is selective. At his worst, he is not a truth-seeker because of his bias for Duterte and his tendency to obstruct justice for the crimes of Duterte.
Tighter vigilance on P6.793 trillion 2026 budget
The current brouhaha over fictitious and anomalous flood-control projects necessitates closer monitoring of how Congress will play around the proposed P6.793 trillion budget for 2026.
Untold secrets of the Discayas
With all their government-funded wealth, the Cruz sisters can easily take flight as British citizens. Is the government acting now to prevent another miscarriage of accountability?
State forces both violence perpetrators and victims in keeping peace
Monitoring by Sandatahang Dahas for the month of July showed while state forces are the consistent top perpetrator of state-related killings, they also bear the brunt of consistently having the most injuries in such incidents.
Is there ‘institutionalized cartel’ in DPWH projects?
The president should sustain his efforts in finding the truth behind these “ghost” and other anomalous projects, not only in the DPWH but also in other agencies involving procurement and other forms of contracts. That would be a meaningful legacy to leave behind.
FACT CHECK: Role of the Murillo Velarde map in the 2016 arbitral award NEEDS CONTEXT
Mel Velarde’s claim on the role of the 1734 Murillo Velarde map in affirming the Philippines' sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea needs context.
The Duterte revenge has begun
The present warrants of Judge Fuentes signify one thing – it is an attempt of the Dutertes to preempt the ICC trial even before Lascañas could testify. The Lascañas testimony is first-person and eyewitness that can easily pin down Duterte to a lifetime prison sentence. Lascañas is now safe and protected in The Hague. The arrest warrants will not intimidate him at all.
