Governments must now choose: keep political money largely hidden, or adopt the basic transparency needed to sustain public ...
ENDEAVOR The movement to curb and end the reign of political dynasties in the Philippines is underway.Last Monday, Dec. 8, on a public holiday commemorating ...
This, even as the Philippine government insists no such order has been confirmed. Former presidential spokesperson Harry ...
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How does one balance the call of unity with the acceptance of diversity? How does one view unity within a project of ...
As the Executive Director of the Makati Business Club, Rafael Ongpin (oldest son of the late Jaime V. Ongpin, one of the staunchest CEOs responsible for ...
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True cost of Marcos Jr.’s fiscal priorities

THE announcement by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of a multi-year increase in base pay for the Armed Forces of the ...
THE former president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, expressed ...
THE Philippines’ budget process remains weakened by shallow scrutiny and entrenched political incentives, analysts said, after a Supreme Court opinion last week said President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
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Why BBM pushed for the four political bills

THE jaws of the chattering classes slackened, almost reaching down to their chests, when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Congress urged to prioritize anti-political dynasty bill, party-list amendments President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called on ...
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Watching and waiting

With our country seemingly on course toward ungovernability and economic decline, a pall of gloom has descended on the business community.