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Power Play

The Court That Would Not Flinch

The Hague Speaks: Power can’t hide behind pity. The ICC’s refusal to release Duterte wasn’t cruelty. It was a reminder that justice has no exemptions, not even for the once-powerful.

Government Without Governing

A nation with a full government but no governing, the Philippines now drifts in the emptiness between power and accountability, its institutions intact in form yet hollow in function as corruption thrives and conscience resigns.

The Capture Of Accountability: Remulla As Ombudsman

The appointment of Justice Secretary Boying Remulla as Ombudsman signals not reform but retreat, turning what should be the nation’s final guardian of accountability into a protective wall for those in power and reducing the fight against corruption to mere political theater.

The Untouchables Of Congress

Magalong and Lacson’s resignations reveal a government where corruption thrives, allies stay untouchable, and Marcos Jr.’s promise of reform sinks under the weight of impunity.

Snap Elections, Snap Opportunism

Amid the flood-control scandal that has shaken Congress, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s call for snap elections exposes not reform but reinvention, a political performance meant to distance, distract, and disguise ambition as moral reckoning.

The Godfathers Of Congress

Philippine politics unfolds like a Godfather saga where power is masked by legality, scandals echo loyalty oaths, and the true cost of corruption is borne not by the dons, but by ordinary people left drowning in broken trust.

Family Or Legacy: BBM’s Ultimate Test

In the flood-control scandal that now engulfs his presidency, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. faces a defining choice between family loyalty and national legacy, one that could either redeem his name or drown it in history’s recurring corruption.

The Crumbling State

A government can survive floods of water, but when floods of corruption erode trust and hollow out institutions, it is the people who drown first.

From EDSA To September 21: Protest, Power, And The Politics Of Amnesia

EDSA showed that change demands endurance, while September 21 risks fading into ritual without sustained action.

The Fall Of The Speaker

Romualdez’s fall in the flood-control scandal shows how corruption drains trust, and the real test is whether this moment brings reform or just another ritual sacrifice.

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