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Category: Commentary

  • Boying Remulla
    Categories Commentary

    Is Remulla testing court’s independence on de Lima case?

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 15, 2023 11:30 AM

    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.

    Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, Leila de Lima

  • Categories Commentary South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    Can the U.S. invoke MDT if its vessel is attacked while aiding Taiwan vs China?

    By Ellen Tordesillas  |  May 11, 2023 10:43 PM

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

    Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Marcos U.S. visit, Marcos-Biden

  • Categories Commentary

    Why Leila de Lima was marked for assassination

    By Antonio J. Montalvan II  |  May 10, 2023 10:51 PM

    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.

    Leila de Lima

  • CE Commentary: Makabuluhang oposisyon kailangan sa demokrasya
    Categories Commentary

    Makabuluhang oposisyon kailangan sa demokrasya

    By Christian Esguerra  |  May 10, 2023 4:22 PM

    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.

    demokrasya, oposisyon, Pilipinas

  • Packs of shabu seized in a warehouse in Baguio City on March 29, 2023 Photo courtesy of DILG FB page
    Categories Commentary

    338 kg of shabu still missing from P6.7B haul

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 08, 2023 11:30 AM

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

    PDEG, shabu

  • Categories Commentary

    The dangers of an uncritical Biden

    By Antonio J. Montalvan II  |  May 05, 2023 7:40 AM

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

    Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Joe Biden

  • CE Podcast: Payo ni Marcos sa media laban sa disinformation
    Categories Commentary Editor's Pick Podcast

    Payo ni Marcos sa media laban sa disinformation

    By Christian Esguerra  |  May 04, 2023 5:50 PM

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

    disinformation, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Media

  • Screengrab from House of Representative Hearing
    Categories Commentary

    P6.7B shabu haul: A game of the generals

    By Tita C. Valderama  |  May 01, 2023 12:04 PM

    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?

    PDEG, shabu

  • Categories Commentary

    Of literary awards and other good graces

    By Pablo A. Tariman  |  Apr 29, 2023 11:13 PM

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

    Nick Joaquin Literary Awards

  • Categories Commentary Editor's Pick

    The North remembers

    By Elizabeth Lolarga  |  Apr 24, 2023 5:32 PM

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

    Macli-ing Dulag, Panaglakip

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