The ninth week of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial ended with an important question still hanging over the prosecution’s case: Where did the P15.54 million in the Department of Education’s confidential funds go, and who is responsible for claiming that the money paid for activities that the Philippine Army said it funded itself?

COMMENTARY: The UP Antiqueño statement hits the nail on the head. Loren Legarda is a reflection of a long career defined by opportunism.

COMMENTARY: However, there is a method to the madness of Padilla’s statements. They collectively serve to obfuscate the issue that he wishes to target and that coupled with the DDS machinery produces propaganda that keeps their following convinced of the so- called righteousness of their cause.