In 2025, the controversy over bicameral shenanigans in the national budget amplified calls for budget transparency, although ...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. came under growing pressure during the course of the year but has managed to survive – at ...
It may feel like a lifetime ago, but Vice President Sara Duterte’s biggest political obstacle dominated the first half of ...
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Get the Philippines out of a Ukraine scenario

FOR Filipino nationalists — read that Asian Century Philippines Strategic Studies Institute (ACPSSI) with its Anti-War Peace ...
Interior and Local Government Secretary Juanito Victory Remulla might just be ready to become president in 2028, but is Mrs.
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Making the Constitution work

AS we approach the end of the year, one dominated by allegations of massive corruption in government, we need to consider our ...
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Stronger laws needed to separate business, politics

Those provisions form part of the basis for the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (RA 3019). Section 3h of the Act defines having a financial interest in any business, contract, or transaction in ...
INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS/JANNAYA BARRION For decades, the House of Representatives has presented itself as a hesitant but willing arena for political change, especially on the constitutional ban on ...
INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — When Darlene Berberabe was appointed solicitor general in May, her first order of business ...
In 2025, many government agencies faced public scrutiny due to discrepancies and issues. The Department of Health was not ...
The Supreme Court has spoken with clarity: the policy mechanism may have been flawed, but the officials who implemented it in good faith were not” ...
Corruption has long been the shadow that has loomed over every administration, but 2025 forced President Marcos to confront it head-on. The flood ...