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Sunday, January 19, 2025

Come to Think of It

BBM won and things went bad for Duterteā€™s cohorts

MICHAEL Yang and Allan Lim are close associates of former President Rodrigo Duterte. In 2017, when Duterte was at the apex of his political career,...

The PNP as laundromat?

THE POLICE organization may have been used to smuggle dollars from the Philippines to Royina Garmaā€™s former husband in the United States of America,...

The brothers Yang

MICHAEL Yangā€™s older brother Yang Jian Xin became a false Filipino long before the late registration of births became a template for like-minded individuals...

Pith of the drug war?

ROYINA Garma is in the ropes, getting pummeled by congressmen as her storied past surfaces before the House Quad Comm. She was ordered detained in...

Immigration head rolls

THE PHILIPPINE Senate issued a warrant of arrest against Guo Hua Ping, aka Alice Guo, last July 10 because of her obstinate refusal to...

Unmasking the drug war

THE PHILIPPINE National Police has announced its investigation into allegations that a quota and reward system was implemented during the Duterte administrationā€™s war on...

How was the drug war financed?

BY ADE S. FAJARDO WHY IS a lottery office a coveted government appointment? Shouldnā€™t the office overseeing legal games of chance to raise funds for the...

A councilor named Small

CONGRESS has assembled four committees to find answers ā€“ did the Duterte administration purposely employ terror in its war on drugs to intimidate the...

Republic of Quiboloy

TELEVANGELIST Apollo C. Quiboloy stands accused of many crimes: child abuse, sexual abuse, and qualified human trafficking. Bail is discretionary, meaning that judges may order...

Housing a fugitive

A 2022 listing shows that the average price of lots for sale at Pinewoods Golf and Country Estate in Baguio is P34,000 per square...