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Since his "complete exit" from the Marcos government in September 2022, it now appears that the former executive secretary had left behind such a mess in the administration. It would have been more disastrous had he been allowed to stay on in the Marcos Cabinet.

Tama bang isakripisyo si De Lima para lang hindi magalit si Duterte? Ngayong linggo, pakinggan ang komentaryo ni Christian Esguerra sa VERA Files.

Whether they are spoofed or spammed in the lighter side of life, the hard reality is that the Marcoses’ association to plunder and theft has not allowed them to travel to just anywhere in the world. Or so we had thought.

In Davos, President Marcos will speak about the Maharlika Investment Fund. Imagine a thief who once deposited his family’s loot in Swiss bank accounts and who now wants the world to know that he is suddenly a beggar for investors’ money.

In the court of public opinion, the Remulla son has not been acquitted under the judicial and political anthropology of a damaged nation.

Was the decision to bring back Centino to the AFP top post a realization that replacing him five months ago was a mistake?

Dapat panagutin ‘yung mga pulis na walang habas na pumatay dahil sa drug war.

It will be one of the first laws expected to pass in 2023. And like many of our laws that require submission by the ordinary citizenry, it stands on a slapstick history when those in power and influence had exempted themselves from it.

What can ordinary Filipinos do to manage the effects of inflation? We have to further tighten our belts and avoid overspending.

I had expected that today would be the usual boring New Year’s Day with everybody allowing themselves to be lazy after last night’s “Goodbye 2022, Welcome 2023” activities.

Not only is the DA budget low, but its allocation and spending have also been ineffective and inefficient.

Undernutrition would increase the likelihood of children performing worse at school and achieve lower productivity as adults.