Stranger things
EDGARDO Diaz, deputy director general of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), told reporters last week that CAAP’s internal investigation into the...
Can the law catch up on motorbike killings?
EDILBERTO Mendoza was skipping rope outside his house in Trece Martires, Cavite in the early morning of December 31, 2021, when a hitman opened...
What is pork barrel?
BURIED in the news is the conviction last week of two slightly ranking former officials of the Department of Agriculture for buying highly overpriced...
Skeletons in the closet
HIS BACK against the wall, Gerald Bantag’s reaction was to throw brickbats at Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla.
He called for Remulla’s resignation saying the...
The bigger test
TWO YEARS ago, when Rodrigo Duterte was still in power, the Davao City Prosecutor’s Office dismissed criminal charges of rape, child abuse, and human...
Wolf in sheep’s clothing?
A COUPLE of weeks ago the House of Representatives approved on second reading a bill that is supposed to enhance the protection, security, and...
Cabbage strategy
THE VISIT made by United States Vice President Kamala Harris highlights an abrupt turnaround in the Philippines’ approach to foreign presence in the West...
Modern warfare
POLITICIANS have found the perfect antidote to the nosy media.
Troll farming has produced benefits that go beyond meat and milk. Public opinion is bent...
A conspiracy of silence?
LAST week Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri dared journalists to go to China to experience some “chilling effect.”
“Chilling effect” is felt when journalists cannot...
Criminal organization within government
THE NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation did not mince words in saying that the Bureau of Corrections had been running a criminal organization under official...