Controlling the judiciary
EDITORIAL
February 9, 2018
THE CURRENT Charter change (Cha-cha) proposal cuts the retirement age of incumbent justices to 65 years old but extends the retirement age of...
Public assembly
EDITORIAL
February 8, 2018
THE House of Representatives, voting 212-55, approved House Bill (HB) No. 6834 on its third and final reading on Feb. 6, 2018....
The end of ‘endo’?
EDITORIAL
February 7, 2018
MALACAÑANG has invited labor groups to a dialogue with the President today. An executive order on contractualization is reportedly one of the...
Learning from Mayon
EDITORIAL
February 6, 2018
THE RESTIVE Mayon Volcano may be far away from Western Visayas but we can certainly learn something from how local governments in...
Self-serving
EDITORIAL
February 5, 2018
WHILE billions of pesos were reported lost in the Napoles pork barrel scam, Charter change proponents would like to “constitutionalize” a system...
Fool us twice, shame on us
EDITORIAL
February 4, 2018
ON MARCH 13, 2017, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said the Philippines cannot claim Benham Rise as part its own despite it being...
Systematic campaign to silence, intimidate
EDITORIAL
February 3, 2018
HOW do we combat fake news?
As responsible media users (social or traditional), people are expected to always validate the authenticity of the...
Disconnect
EDITORIAL
February 2, 2018
A MONTH since the Duterte administration implemented its much-hyped Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion law, not a few have expressed serious...
People-driven Charter Change
EDITORIAL
February 1, 2018
PRESIDENT Duterte has opened a new front in his administration’s fevered push for Charter Change with the appointment of 19 members to...
People-driven Charter Change
EDITORIAL
February 1, 2018
PRESIDENT Duterte has opened a new front in his administration’s fevered push for Charter Change with the appointment of 19 members to...