News that a supposed arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) had been issued to Bato de la Rosa electrified the nation. The report quoted Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla who made the statement in an interview on dzRH radio. The report is still being verified by the Department of Justice
November 15, 2025
The flood control projects scam has reshaped national politics and conversation. Filipinos are outraged and furious that hundreds of billions of public funds were stolen by corrupt politicians in connivance with crooks in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and greedy contractors. Filipinos are demanding accountability. Heads must roll.
November 8, 2025
Is this an astounding reversal of fortune or a cruel and sick joke of fate? This wacky question aptly describes the current situation of the country. It was unimaginable and unthinkable until three months ago that a Marcos would be an anti-corruption crusader and champion of clean, honest, and transparent governance.
November 1, 2025
“I would rather have a country run like hell by Filipinos than a country run like heaven by the Americans, because however bad a Filipino government might be, we can always change it,” boldly declared Manuel L. Quezon, the first president of the Philippine Commonwealth Republic. Quezon’s wish was fulfilled. The
October 25, 2025
“The chamber hereby rejects the request and the renewed request…orders the continued detention of Mr. Duterte,” declares the Pre-Trial I Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands. Thus concludes the decision of the ICC denying the request of former strongman Rodrigo Duterte for an interim release. An
October 18, 2025
A Pandora’s box of corruption at the highest level of government was opened in the flood control projects scandal. Its opening released an avalanche of information on how corrupt politicians, in cahoots with crooks in the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and greedy contractors, stole hundreds of billions in
October 11, 2025
Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos across the nation went to the streets this week to express their anger at the massive corruption involving flood control projects. The nation is enraged that billions of public funds have been stolen through substandard or ghost flood control projects orchestrated by corrupt politicians, crooks in
September 27, 2025
The fallout of the ghost and substandard flood control projects scam continues to rock the political establishment and the nation. “The sh*t hits the fan” with everyone now running for cover. Not everyone, however, ducked safely. Things are getting messy and ugly. The flood control projects scandal is reshaping the political
September 20, 2025
Like the rest of the nation, I am angry. If the boasting and bragging of the “nepo babies” of their ostentatious and luxurious lifestyle built on stolen wealth made one’s blood boil, the revelations this week on the controversial flood control projects drive one mad. Sharing the sentiment of the Filipino
September 13, 2025
‘Nepo babies’ are the current rage of the nation. These “nepo babies” are daughters of contractors and politicians who obscenely flaunt their wealthy lifestyle in public. Public anger is directed at them as the faces of plunder and shameless theft of people’s money. Originally, the term “nepo babies” or nepotism babies
September 6, 2025
During his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Bongbong Marcos (BBM) hailed Gen. Nicolas Torre III as his “new champion.” The fact that BBM went off-script to bestow praise on the then–Philippine National Police (PNP) chief underscores the high esteem of the president for Torre. Days before the SONA,
August 30, 2025
