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Beyond the sound bites: The impeachment court faces its first real test
By Tita C. Valderama
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Jul 17, 2026
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National Bureau of Investigation Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc emerged as the prosecution's most consequential witness so far, not because he presented a proverbial smoking gun, but because he became the vehicle through which prosecutors sought to transform Duterte's controversial public statements into evidence of an impeachable offense.
Batanes: A decisive point in an avoidable conflict
By Rommel Jude G Ong*
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Jul 15, 2026
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COMMENTARY: The public should not be too alarmed of the Chinese claims over the northern part of the country. Unlike the government’s incoherent posture in the West Philippine Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines has a more structured and disciplined approach to countering Chinese moves in the Batanes Group of Islands and with elements of a viable “denial strategy” in play.
Manila’s push for a new rulebook in the South China Sea peters out
By Derek Grossman
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Jul 11, 2026
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COMMENTARY:The Philippines has long sought a Code of Conduct for the South China Sea, with the aim of averting conflict in these waters. But as tensions with China rise, it looks unlikely to succeed. Manila is shifting toward other means of defending its maritime interests.
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