1+ day, 24+ min ago   (1261+ words) The constitutional dispute is ultimately about whether a fixed Senate denominator can cause a two-thirds requirement to operate as a substantially higher threshold By Francis Allan L Angelo and Joseph Ledesma Ladrido The arithmetic becomes less straightforward when some senators…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (412+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo and Joseph Ledesma Ladrido After 21 completed trial days, our outlook on the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte has moved clearly on the merits but only slightly on the probability of actual conviction. The evidence now…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (226+ words) By John Anthony S. Estolloso On that note, Renei Dimla’s film steals the spotlight by handing us a clownish mirror of our times and ourselves. Then again, which of these things have not happened in our politics? For all its caricaturing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1125+ words) By Francis Allan L. Angelo MANILA – The share of Filipinos who believe Vice President Sara Duterte is guilty of the impeachment charges rose from 34.3% to 36.3% between the weeks of Aug. 10 to 16 and Aug. 17 to 23, according to the second wave of Pulso…...

2+ week, 12+ min ago   (448+ words) BACOLOD CITY — Police are preparing drug charges against a 67-year-old retired firefighter arrested in a recent buy-bust operation in Barangay 2, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental. Police Lt. Marivic Delos Reyes, deputy chief of the Hinoba-an Municipal Police Station, said a criminal complaint…...

2+ week, 12+ min ago   (452+ words) BACOLOD CITY — A 43-year-old man whom police described as a suspected drug personality was killed after he allegedly fired at officers serving a search warrant in Barangay Inolingan, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental, on Sunday. Police were serving a search warrant…...

2+ week, 7+ min ago   (381+ words) By Felipe V. Celino ROXAS CITY, Capiz — Capiz 1st District Rep. Ivan Howard A. Guintu and six other Western Visayas lawmakers recorded perfect attendance during all 39 plenary sessions of the First Regular Session of the 20th Congress. House records covered the period from…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (429+ words) By Mariela Angella Oladive ILOILO CITY — A fisherman was arrested after allegedly engaging in ring-net fishing, locally known as “baling,” in the municipal waters of Concepcion, Iloilo, late Monday night, Aug. 24, 2026. Henrex Nagayo Zamora, 42, of Barangay Macalbang, Concepcion, was taken…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1645+ words) Nearly half of Filipinos surveyed by Pulso Intelligence Labs Inc. said they would find Vice President Sara Duterte not guilty in an impeachment trial, while Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero received the highest public rating among 21 senator-judges covered by the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1119+ words) Only a quarter of Filipino adults say they follow political news daily, and even fewer — 9% — say they regularly share their political opinions with others, according to the July 2026 issue of The National Momentum Survey. For nearly 2 in 5 Filipino adults, political…...