Cayetano vs. Gatchalian: How the senate standoff could delay Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial
On May 11, Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa walked back into the Senate after six months of hiding from an International Criminal Court arrest warrant....
The Solicitor General called Bato what he is: a fugitive from justice
At 2:30 in the morning of May 14, Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa walked out of the Senate building with Sen. Robinhood Padilla. He has...
Bato, the ICC, and the Senate’s accountability problem
The ICC warrant against Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa exposed deeper questions about Senate leadership, “protective custody,” the Senate shooting incident, and accountability under Philippine...
Sara Duterte impeachment: What the evidence shows before the May 11 vote
Fifty-five to zero. That was the vote inside the House Committee on Justice on May 4 when lawmakers approved the committee report and Articles of...
Sara Duterte declared zero. The AMLC found P6.77 Billion.
The detail that started everything was not in the headline section of the Commission on Audit report. It was buried in the Notes to Financial...
Duterte goes to trial
“There are substantial grounds to believe that Mr. Duterte is criminally responsible.” Those fifteen words, delivered Thursday by three ICC judges, end a years-long question...
The promise we carried: Forty years after EDSA
EDSA turns 40 under a Marcos presidency. With ?8.8 trillion lost to graft and history being rewritten in classrooms, what does People Power mean now?...
Day 2: “Nanlaban” was a lie. The ICC just spent a full day proving it.
ICC prosecutors spent Day 2 dismantling the "nanlaban" script — one body at a time. Here's what the evidence means for Filipinos, and what we...
Day 1: The drug war goes to The Hague: Inside Duterte’s confirmation of charges hearing
“The ICC is the last boat the victims can board.” — Joel Butuyan, legal representative for 539 authorized victims, February 23, 2026 That boat sailed...
The Impunity Machine: What the ICC charges say and what the Senate evasion reveals
The ICC charges frame the drug war as a system, not isolated abuse. Here’s what they allege, why Senate evasion matters, and what to watch...
When the campaign becomes the face: Christina Garcia Frasco and DOT’s epal optics
“Puro mukha mo.” That line, thrown out during the Senate Committee on Tourism hearing on February 3, 2026, pretty much summed up what a lot...
My 2026 wishlist for the Philippines
2025 was loud. Hearings were livestreamed. Clips traveled faster than transcripts. Scandals were documented in real time. And yet the year still ended with the...
Public support for an anti-dynasty Law is there, but not everywhere
While Congress debates what kind of anti-dynasty law it is actually willing to approve, fresh survey data gives a clearer view of public sentiment. And...
2025: Exposure was easy. Accountability was not.
By the end of 2025, information was not the problem. Senate hearings were livestreamed. Testimonies circulated in real time. Court rulings were dissected on social...
Anti-Dynasty law, or Anti-Dynasty theater?
In early December 2025, something happened that many Filipinos have been hearing promised, but rarely delivered. President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. told the 19th Congress...