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The message was clear – Duterte is deathly afraid of getting his dozens of bank accounts exposed more than his fear of the International Criminal Court.

While Duterte demands a "fair standard of justice" for his family members and friends, he has completely ignored the constitutionally guaranteed due process and other fundamental rights for others.

With the glaring proof of anomalous transactions in both the OVP and the DepEd, the vice president should prove that the acknowledgment receipts were not bogus. She should stop the lies and justify that she judiciously spent the P612.8 million confidential funds if she wants to escape being charged with plunder.

As Sara Duterte had left the helm of the Department of Education, Edward Fajarda and his wife Sunshine Charry also transitioned to the Office of the Vice President. They were not to be left on their own at the DepEd without her. They were to go wherever their boss goes. That was how indispensable they were to her.

It was the sign that Rodrigo Duterte had succeeded in outmatching (naisahan) the senators when he came to the Senate and brought it down to his level of gutter talk and bullying:

It's puzzling how people see Duterte as a credible and strong leader when he can't even be honest about his age and wealth. And he keeps making contradictory statements just minutes in between or saying something and doing another.

For as long as the government continues to build or tolerate contractors building sub-standard public infrastructures, much of the money from our taxes will be going to repairs and reconstruction of disaster-damaged structures.

The House quad committee (quadcom), which has uncovered gruesome information in its investigation of EJKs, is now into tracing the money trail that financed former president Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drugs.It would be helpful for the quadcom to retrieve the interviews given by self-confessed Duterte Death Squad leader Arturo Lascañas and member Edgar Matobato.

She fits well in a fantasy world where one seeks distraction and relief from unpleasant realities by engaging in fantasy, daydreaming, or immersing herself in fictional worlds, where one can see only what she wants to see and is in full control of her situation.

Nolasco Mempin retired January 28, 2023 as a major general in the Philippine Army. His last two assignments were interesting.

Lawmakers are not convinced that Garma has been telling all she knows about Duterte's drug war. The plot in the drug war drama is getting more interesting as the congressional probe moves closer to the exciting part.

Hitman: Bong Go is the bagman who gives the money to finance when there is a killing operation. If not to the other group of hit men, then to us. But he also has a personal group of hit men, like Titing, he has his own personal hit men.