Why did BBM ask lawmakers not to push through with impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte? My guess is, Marcos is not sure if he has the numbers in the Senate to convict Duterte in an impeachment trial. Malacañang cannot afford to lose because impeachment rules allow only one impeachment proceedings against the same official within one year.

The burning question of the day was -- who is Zuleika Lopez? There was an attempt by this writer to write about her in the recent past. Immediately after the article was published, friends from Davao city began messaging me. All pointed to one detail that I had not written – Zuleika was more than just a chief of staff.

Duterte repeated her Oct. 18 statement that Marcos "does not know how to be a president." Had she asked herself if she knew how to be a vice president?