The truth of breakaway from Marcos in 1986
“Historians Salvador Escalante and I. Augustus De la Paz of the Truth and Justice Foundation were very clear that the ...
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48 senators
In one freewheeling interview given by former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile recently, he proposed that the number of Senators be ...
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‘Rampant’ corruption
"With the national budget getting bigger year after year, that means there’s more taxpayers’ money going down the drain and ...
Read moreWhy POGOS must be outlawed
"Gambling is illegal in China and the bad image given to the Philippines by these mainland Chinese crime syndicates has ...
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How to become a dictator
"One week after the official issuance of Proclamation 1081, the whole legal and extralegal structure to totally control the whole ...
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Sen. Imee Marcos commemorates martial law’s 50th year
Senator Imee Marcos called for a press conference in San Juan on September 21 to commemorate the 50th year of ...
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Enrile suggests country reverts to ‘brief, simple’ 1935 Charter
The country should revert to the 1935 Constitution and elect 48 senators due to its expanded population, Chief Presidential Legal ...
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Ex-Pres. Ramos passes on
Marcos: We lost a great leader. This is a sad day for the nation Fidel Valdez Ramos, the bespectacled, cigar-chomping ...
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Enrile takes oath as Marcos’ chief legal counsel
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. administered the oath of office to former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile Sr. as his chief legal ...
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Enrile has COVID, will skip Marcos inaugural rites
Incoming presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile has tested positive for COVID-19 and will skip the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand ...
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