Filipinos should pray and hope for a cardinal not because he is Filipino but because he can best lead the Catholic Church in the direction it is discerned to go…One who can guide the church on faith and morals, and can successfully meld the spiritual and political role of the pope who is also the head of a sovereign state.
There is no confirmation that a warrant has been issued for Marcos Jr. and Imelda over their refusal to pay a USD 353.6 million fine for the benefit of martial law victims.
Perhaps Imee and Sara deserve each other. Both failed to be amply rewarded for their contributions to Bongbong's election victory in 2022. In the midterms, the president and his allies have become their adversaries.
Sandatahang Dahas’ March data reinforces the idea that state-related violence in the Philippines is no longer geographically isolated; it is structural, adaptive, and capable of reaching places previously thought to be stable.
What could have gone wrong? With less than a month into the May 12 polls, can Imee still recover from her apparent missteps in the past months?
Imee Marcos, who had admitted to the torture and killing of Archimedes Trajano, was acquitted on a technicality, but not on her culpability for murder. She remains guilty in our public eyes.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy: We urge governments worldwide to reflect on the lessons from the Philippines and reject policies that prioritize punishment over progress. Drug policy reform is a matter of justice,public health and humanity.”
The DDS have become clones of Duterte’s grandiose narcissism and congenital lying, a minority that is noisy, yet a minority nevertheless. They may not be a danger to immediate destabilization; they are a danger to truth telling. Kill the truth and the nation dies.
Roque will have to show more of his antics to the Duterte supporters, who still laugh at his clowning, to be relevant. But he will have a long difficult journey to redeem himself, if at all.
And if Marcos is indeed waging a “bloodless” drug war, how would he recognize the men and women in uniform who died in anti-illegal drugs operations?
