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Fluidity

Last week’s power shift at the House of Representatives initially came as a shock to many, given the elements of stealth and drama that...

Power play at the Lower House

What Sona, when there’s high drama happening in the House of Representatives? The much-anticipated State of the Nation Address spectacle fizzled in the face of...

Rody’s threat to walk out settles feud

A few minutes before President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his third State of the Nation Address to a joint session of Congress, he threatened to...

What he did not address

President Rodrigo Duterte’s followers may sing praises for his true-to-the-script State of the Nation Address last Monday. I thought, though, that he still did not...

Bangsamoro draft casualty of House row

The attempt to oust Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Monday aborted the scheduled ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in time for the State of...

Side show

Filipinos expected President Rodrigo Duterte to ramble and curse again at his third State of the Nation Address, but he surprised everybody by sticking...

State of the nation’s anger

We are a divided country. This we saw yesterday. Outside the Batasan building, supporters of President Rodrigo Duterte converged to cheer him as he...

The adults are back in charge

I was in the middle of a noontime radio interview on DZME yesterday when news started trickling in about an unprecedented adjournment of the...

Du30 ratings suffer from his ’authoritarian tendencies’

President Rodrigo Duterte’s “authoritarian tendencies” have been drawing increased “dissatisfaction” and it is showing in his ratings, a public policy center said Friday. “His ratings...

Duterte: Stop ‘no-el’ move

President Rodrigo Duterte rebuked his allies Thursday for trying to benefit from Charter change and ruled out their proposals to postpone the 2019 elections...

Duterte, key ally clash over midterm election

Despite assurances from the Palace that the 2019 elections would push through, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged lawmakers to postpone the polls next...

Bong Go and no-el

Two issues that have something to do with the midterm elections in 2019 have been in the news. Critics of the administration are calling...

Cha-Cha plan without Senate stinks–Lacson

Reacting to the persistent talk of pushing through with Charter change without the Senate's participation, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Tuesday “it smells worse than...

House primes for third SONA

The House of Representatives is all set for the third State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 23, with security...
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