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Isn't it ironic that shortly after committing to fight disinformation, Marcos appoints a creator and spreader of what the public loosely calls "fake news?"

Last year on her 93rd birthday on July 2, Imelda Marcos was feted to a birthday party at the presidential palace where she once spun fairy tales for twenty years.

Sa pag-appoint ni Pangulong Marcos kay Gadon, parang nag-dirty finger na rin s'ya sa mahihirap. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

Padilla and the other senators in the hearing are used to bardagulan — street slang for short and witty retorts — in real and reel life, and he has now taken that even into formal proceedings such as legislative hearings and plenary sessions.

Send them to jail, where the big-time drug lords continue to operate? Dismiss them from the service, so they can work full time with the syndicates? Or, as Duterte has suggested, "ihulog mo?"

The story begins in late November of 2016 at the House of Representatives. At that time, Rodrigo Duterte had already decreed that Leila de Lima must be destroyed.

It is part and parcel of a Marcos Jr.’s predilection for governance – resurrect his dictator father’s pet projects and then appoint people with ties to the Marcos family. Newly-appointed secretary of national defense Gilberto Teodoro Jr. fits that bill to a T.

Sa dami ng reklamo at agam-agam nina Pimentel at Escudero, e bakit wala sila no’ng oras na ng botohan?

“I think he is into drugs.”Fr. Flavie Villanueva was referring to Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, who suggested on May 23 that former president Rodrigo Duterte be named as anti-drug czar.

If we are that poor, how come the government can still afford to fund the president's overseas trips — 13 so far since July 2022 — with unnecessarily large delegations?

Deep into the deadest wee hours at dawn of May 31, 2023, while an eternally deceived Filipino nation was trying to sleep, 19 traditional politicians of the Senate voted to approve the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund bill.

Something happened last week that once again affirmed my belief in the goodness of men.

Was it because of government’s poor track record at heritage preservation that not a few believed the burning edifice would be demolished?

After the meetings, one of the congressmen supposedly told another about the possibility of Arroyo's return as speaker. This reached Romualdez who acted swiftly to expose Arroyo's purported takeover attempt and weaken her hold in the chamber.

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Acquitted na sa dalawang kaso. Higit anim na taon nakakulong. Ganun-ganon na lang ba 'yun? Parang wala lang?

Already acquitted twice, how will the third case against Leila de Lima prosper?

It appears that Remulla knows well the weight of the prosecution's evidence against the former senator. That's why he supports his people's move to block the bail petition if it's based on merit.