FIRST, it was the enormity of the drug menace that prompted President Rodrigo Duterte to ask for “a little extension.” Now, he seems to be waffling on yet another promise: stamp out scalawags in public office. On multiple occasions, Duterte committed to end corruption in government. His latest statement was said before the Filipino community
By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL HIS exposés on Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed hidden wealth and wrongdoings as chief executive of Davao City might seem to have come too late as the presidential derby enters its homestretch. “Pero hindi po ako nagkulang (But I have done my part,)” said Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV who himself is running for
Slideshow by MARIO IGNACIO IV The “Million People March” social media activists had been cooking up for weeks failed to produce the promised million. But no matter. The message from the almost 100,000 rallyists who descended on Rizal Park on a drizzling Monday morning was crystal clear: Enough of “pork.” From all indications, the motley throng
By REYNARD MAGTOTO LEGAZPI City – The weather was wet and bleak, but some 300 Albayanos marched under the rain on Monday, demanding the scrapping of the pork barrel. Protesters from multisectoral groups endured the 3-kilometer walk from Peñaranda Park, Governor Locsin Street to the Pinaglabanan Monument in Legazpi City, holding up umbrellas and drenched,
By JOHANNE MARGARETTE R. MACOB DAGUPAN City – Who’s the better man? Or who’s facing fewer charges? It’s a battle all the way to the top for Pangasinan gubernatorial candidates Amado Espino Jr and Hernani Braganza in their race to claim Urduja House, amid plunder charges filed against them. Just last week, both candidates were
