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
By Artchil B. Fernandez Finally, after weeks of dilly-dallying, House Marcos found the resolve to strike back at House Duterte. It retaliated forcefully to counter the resurging offensive of Team Agila. 2024 ended with the Dutertes reeling from the relentless hounding of Team Tigre. Congress launched a series of investigations into the misdeeds of the
February 8, 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
Restoring the mythical “Golden Age” is one of the campaign promises of Bongbong Marcos (BBM). One of the lies the Marcos family peddled in the 2022 election is the fictional “Golden Age” during the dictatorship of Marcos Sr. The Marcoses falsely claimed their 20-year rule (1965–1986) was a “Golden Age” where
December 21, 2024
So engrossed is the country in national voyeurism that it has eclipsed urgent issues affecting the life of the nation. Google Trends reported that Maris Racal and Anthony Jennings dominated the top search terms on Google, edging out the surprise martial law declaration in South Korea and other hot issues. Racal
December 14, 2024
By Artchil B. Fernandez How do you solve a problem like Inday Sara? This is the existential question Bongbong Marcos (BBM) is currently wrestling with. How he resolves the question determines the survival of House Marcos. The Dutertes dominated the national conversation in the past weeks by escalating their conflict with the Marcoses. Their offensive
December 7, 2024