“Where is the money?” This simple yet powerful question catapulted an obscure Supreme Court justice into national prominence. Until last week, few Filipinos knew Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier. Now, she is a household name, with her sharp questioning flooding social media and digital platforms. The Supreme Court’s oral argument on the
March 8, 2025
At this time, the nation would have been hooked and riveted to a new political teleserye—the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte—had the Senate followed the Constitution. The Constitution [Section 3(4), Article XI] mandates that the Senate must proceed forthwith—“immediately, without delay”—on the trial of an impeached official once it
March 1, 2025
Downgrading the EDSA People Power Revolt, it seems, has become the unofficial and silent policy of the present administration. Proclamation No. 727, issued by Malacañang on Oct. 31, 2024, included the EDSA People Power Revolution anniversary on Feb. 25 among the holidays for 2025 but downgraded it to a special working
February 22, 2025
Something is odd with Senate President Chiz Escudero. His political behavior of late is strange, if not bizarre. The nation is puzzled by Escudero’s incoherent and changing position on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte. After two months of foot-dragging on the impeachment of the vice president, the House suddenly
February 17, 2025
“Ask any two Americans what they think of US foreign aid,” Felix Greene (1970) wrote, “and you will probably find that one of them will splutter with rage at this waste of good American money given away to a bunch of ‘foreign bastards who are too lazy to work’ to build
February 1, 2025
The end of imperial America has begun with Trump 2.0. Actually, the decline of the United States (US) as an imperial power started decades ago, but Trump will accelerate the fall of the American Empire. This is good news for the global South, which has long been victimized by US imperialism
January 25, 2025
Bloc-voting sect, Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), flexed its muscle this week with a massive show of force. It mobilized 1.8 million members, more than half of its 2.8 million flock, in a mass action dubbed as the “National Rally for Peace.” INC spokesperson Edwil Zabala claimed the rally was not a
January 18, 2025
The noise of the New Year had hardly died down when Bongbong Marcos (BBM) fired the first shot in 2025, escalating the current dynastic war between House Duterte and House Marcos. He removed Vice President Sara Duterte and her father from the National Security Council (NSC). On the fourth day of
January 11, 2025
The year 2025, without doubt, is a turning point for the Dutertes and Marcoses. Filipinos were riveted last year when the simmering conflict between erstwhile allies broke into the open. This year, the war between Team Kadiliman and Team Kasamaan will reach a critical milestone, which will determine their fate in
January 4, 2025
The year 2024 is annus horribilis for the Dutertes. Future historians will likely mark 2024 as the beginning of the end of Dutertismo. This is not the future the Dutertes had in mind three years ago, who thought the best is yet to come for the dynastic family. Instead of rosy
December 30, 2024
The passing of Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo marks the end of a period where Marx and Marxism were the cause célèbre of Philippine academia. Dodong Nemenzo was a towering figure of that era. In his lifetime, Dodong Nemenzo not only toiled to make Marxism comprehensible and locally relevant but tirelessly worked, above
December 28, 2024
