Illusion of reconciliation
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s recent pronouncements calling for political reconciliation with the Duterte camp were delivered with the calm, measured tone of a statesman. But tone is not substance, and gestures are not...
Urgent task
The President’s plea for the Senate to fast-track the 2026 national budget exposes the precarious situation created by delays in Congress. Reenacting the 2025 budget is clearly untenable, and the call for urgency deserves...
Grave consequences
A growing demand for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to resign is shaking the political climate, but such a move carries grave national consequences. A resignation at this moment would unleash a level of instability...
Left undone
The halt in Zaldy Co’s construction operations threatens to leave some of its projects in Eastern Visayas abandoned. This signals a grave setback that demands an uncompromising stance against corruption and negligence.
These unfinished structures,...
Dangerous transition
The CPP-NPA-NDF’s clandestine push for a so-called People’s Transition Council (PTC) has stirred deep concern, especially among former rebel commanders who once served within its ranks. Accordingly, their warnings must be taken seriously, for...
Danger of silence
People are now tired of political talk, especially about corruption. They want to move on and attend to more important things. Yet, no matter how we try to ignore it, the demand to stay...