This reminds us of the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago’s perspective on campaign financing. She once noted that here, winning elections often requires favor from drug lords, jueteng lords, and warlords. Congressman Barbers’ insight rings true, highlighting the…
Another case are reportedly being readied versus importers behind the 42,180 sacks of smuggled rice worth P42 million in Zamboanga. President Bongbong Marcos ordered its confiscation and later distributed the said rice to poor families around the…
Appointed as MMDA chairman in 2002, he accepted the challenge of confronting a decaying and chaotic Metro Manila. At the time, street vendors were lording the sidewalks which became hotbed of pickpockets, criminals, and drug dealers. Public…
In his regular press briefing last week, Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno was quizzed by reporters about President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s EO 39 setting a price cap on rice. In the ensuing exchange, Diokno said the President’s…
In an August 10 letter, the three biggest horse owner groups, MARHO, PHILTOBO, KLUB DON JUAN called the attention of the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) that these excess DST, collected from Jan-Dec. 2021, Jan-Dec. 2022 and…