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THE year 2016 gave the Philippines a new president, who brought with him to office his very own lexicon, one which we must use our “creative imagination” to fathom.

It could have been the year a Marcos scion almost got elected the second highest official of the land. Instead, 2016 proved it had more in store for the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

It's no longer shocking as it was months before when news of President Rodrigo Duterte taking a swipe at yet another world leader breaks out.

For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords.

Is Aguirre correct in saying CHR should file cases against erring policemen?

The glare of a drugstore sign floods the street, shining on the lifeless body of a man sprawled on the wet concrete, a crime scene cordoned off by the usual police tape and curious bystanders who have gathered to ogle the latest victim in the government’s war against drugs.

  Update: Duterte admits ordering Marcos reinstatement http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/02/16/duterte-admits-ordering-marcos-reinstatement By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS IF Police Supt. Marvin Marcos  has long been identified as a protector of drug lords, why is somebody high up in Malacañang protecting him? What does this make of President Duterte’s bloody campaign to eliminate illegal drugs in the country which has claimed

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS WE are glad that Facebook has restored the account of journalist Inday Espina-Varona after it was erroneously blocked last Monday morning. What happened to Inday’s FB account shows how things have gotten out- of -control with Facebook, the social media  phenomenon with over 1.79 billion users, almost a fourth of

   By ELLEN  T. TORDESILLAS THE statement of Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales that the plunder and graft case filed by Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV against then presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte is being investigated reassures those who are worried that the issue would be buried with the election of Duterte to the presidency. Many were afraid that

By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL AS the deafening roar of thousands of anti-Marcos supporters reverberated around Luneta Friday night, two young people engaged in a friendly debate on the sidelines. “Are we discounting the truth in numbers that have been published so far?” asked Ochie*, a 20-year-old aeronautics student, whose family had been a victim of

  By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS   SO it was not jet lag that was the reason why President Duterte was absent in the gala dinner  heads of state attending the 2017 Leaders Meeting  of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Lima, Peru last Saturday as he earlier told reporters. It’s stomach upset. In his interview

BY ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS PRESIDENT Duterte’s absence in two traditional events in the 2017 summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC once again raises the need for Malacañang to inform the public of the health of the 71-year old chief executive. We know it’s a sensitive subject for Duterte but the public’s concern