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Impeachment is never a simple accountability mechanism. It is a destabilizing political event.
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Political analysts warn that weak evidence and failure to follow procedure may risk yet another failure to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte.
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The whole flood control saga is becoming something straight out of a political drama slated for the Emmy Awards, and we we're not happy about it.
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Gobi Partners says funding raised for startups dropped this year due to corruption scandals.
The widespread corruption scandal and lapses within the Philippine government and governance practices have contributed to a 32 percent drop in funding raised for local startups, according to a report by venture capital firm Gobi Partners.Based on the Philippine Startup Ecosystem ...
For as long as political dynasties control both legislative power and private enterprises, the nation will remain trapped in a cycle of corruption and catastrophe.
My colleagues in the Ateneo Policy Center published a paper in 2022 entitled, Political dynasties, business, and poverty in the Philippines, wherein they showed that a clear majority of political families own construction companies. Today we call them "congtractors", a clever portmanteau ...
The Marcos admin has its hands full as it wages war on corruption.
The government of Philippine President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. continues to have its hands full following the uncovered anomalous contracts linked to substandard or ghost flood-control structures. The Department of National Defense (DND) is now pointing fingers at unnamed "foreign actors" ...
These lawmakers are showing that they have nothing to hide.
As the Marcos administration's burgeoning war on corruption wages on, a handful of lawmakers have taken it upon themselves to cultivate a culture of transparency among those in the legislature, as more of their colleagues are getting accused of allegedly swindling ...
Eyewitnesses recount the last time a snap election changed the nation.
In early October, Senator Allan Cayetano jumped into the news cycle when he controversially called for a snap election. Seemingly by design, this move triggered comparisons to the historical precedent that changed the course of Philippine democracy. But where the 1986 snap ...
Is justice finally catching up to those behind these anomalous projects?
The end is nigh for the lavish and extravagant lifestyles of personalities supposedly behind the large-scale corruption in state flood mitigation projects. On Wednesday, the Anti-Money Laundering Council reported over P4 billion in frozen assets related to the flood control ...
Analysts weigh in on the issue even as Landbank insists it can't question government transactions in line with the budget.
State lender Land Bank of the Philippines is in the hot seat as Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan wants it to answer questions about massive withdrawals, including one for as much as P500 million, tied to the flood control projects controversy.Pangilinan raised ...
It seems some fiscal fishiness is going on in the Upper Chamber, Senator Ping Lacson says.
Public outrage and alarming concern over widespread corruption riddled in the country's legislature and bureacracy has reached fever pitch over the last few weeks. No-nonsense Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has now pointed fingers at the previous ...
There are little betrayals that seep out in tone, gesture, or facial expression.
Everyone lies. From the toddler swearing they didn't touch the cookie jar with crumbs all over their face, to the friend who says they're "five minutes away" while still in the shower, to contractors and politicians involved in the Department ...
But it shouldn't be.
The water is not clear. It's a thick, muddy brown, churning stew of earth, with rotting water lily stems, debris, and forgotten things. It creeps up silently at first, a cold, wet kiss on your ankles, a trickle that grows into ...
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