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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.

Can the U.S. invoke MDT if its vessel is attacked while aiding Taiwan vs China?Retired Justice Antonio Carpio: No

Unafraid courage. No one else had that but Leila de Lima. Her 2009 investigation of the Davao Death Squad was dangerous and difficult, but she saw it as necessary.

Ano ang ginagawa ng oposisyon para maging relevant ulit? May natutunan ba sila sa pagkatalo sa nakaraang dalawang eleksyon? Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

Is it farfetched to think that police officers themselves have formed their own drug syndicate, competing with those they should be busting?

Guest of honor today, fugitive from U.S. law again by high noon of June 30, 2028.

Umpisahan kaya niya sa supporters at panatiko niya, pati na rin sa mga alipores ni Duterte. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

More than six months have passed and the people involved are coming out with more conflicting statements about what happened. When can we see an end to this? Would more generals get embroiled in this case?

On Thursday, May 4, I will be at the newly revived Nick Joaquin Literary Awards (NJLA) sponsored by the Philippines Graphic Magazine.

I blame the Marcoses for much of the ruin that our country has fallen into.

Moving to reopen one case and threatening to block her bail petition is far from being compassionate to a former senator and former chairman of the Commission on Human Rights. That is prolonging an injustice when its end appears to be drawing near.

It is a fait accompli. The world is intensely observing the Philippine government how it will resolve the counterfeited cases against Leila de Lima.

It was short and clear. And combative.

Propaganda is central to the work of the ambassador of the PROC, wherever they are in the world. It came as no surprise that the following year after Huang Xilian was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of the Philippines, he embarked on a music video project called “Iisang Dagat.”

It presents a good opportunity for the good men in the PNP and the PDEA to purge the bad ones and restore the public’s trust in the organization.

It has become an alibi of convenience by Rodrigo Duterte’s apologists in government, oft repeated a thousand times to transform it into Goebbelsian truth.

Kung ikaw ang i-survey, paano mo masasabi na aprub ka sa performance ng presidente o bise presidente? Alamin sa komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

What can the Catholic Church do to preserve the solemn observance of the Holy Week and attract more people to participate in the Lenten activities?

Their local compatriots and friends rejoiced when Rodrigo Duterte appointed them to the Commission on Elections. That is very Filipino. Failure to see the bigger picture and the damage it does to the national body politic is also Filipino.

National Literature Month has been celebrated in April in the Philippines for the last eight years, but its avid circle of devotees remains small.

Perhaps Duterte's defenders are well aware that it would be difficult to win the battle with the ICC legally, so they are trying to win over the public by engaging in disinformation and discrediting the ICC.

Sino dapat sisihin, 'yung ICC dahil pakailamero o 'yung ilang mga opisyal at pulitiko na puro pagsipsip at pagtatakip ang inaatupag? 

The legislators need to convince the public that their intention to amend the Constitution is truly for the country, not for their selfish motive to remove term limits and perpetuate their hold on power.

Maler, Trinidad, Rayby, Palmy, Vibur, Aguamina, Avertina, Azio, Verzo, Wintrop-Charis, Scolari – the Swiss bank accounts holder Jane Ryan had a knack for inventing swanky names to hide her identity.

Even if he doesn't want to be classified as a politician, Padilla should stop wasting precious money and time to push for Cha-cha… The Constitution is not the problem.

“Marcos Lies” is the most sprawling volume to ever come out that sets the facts straight under an era of severe disinformation the Marcoses have willfully curated to embellish their return to power.

More than four years after it has been uttered, the statement from the ever-fluctuating Harry Roque only confirms the frail government position on the ICC case of Rodrigo Duterte. Shooting from the hips as always, Roque said then that the Duterte complaint before the ICC has been disproven by the Caloocan city regional trial court’s verdict convicting three police killers for the murder of 17-year old Kian delos Santos.

Step 1: Simulan sa sariling bakuran. Pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra ngayong linggo.

It was the period that anteceded martial law. At that time, the Marcos lust for eternal power was beginning to unravel. And it unraveled even if the dictator had to pull the puppet strings of the 1971 Constitutional Convention for all to see, without shame or remorse.

It is time to expand the Manila-centric narrative of the People Power Revolution beyond the confines of Metro Manila. The narrative we most often hear – that it took place only at the stretch of Edsa – is clearly deficient. It is time to vet that if we are to have a narrative that has the scope of national history.