Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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Power Play

When Influence Meets The State: The James Deakin–LTO Brouhaha

A viral dispute can expose deeper cracks in how agencies handle accountability.

Impeachment Nation: How Threat Politics Is Further Weakening The Philippines

Impeachment has shifted from a last resort to background noise, shaping governance through threat and delay rather than decisive constitutional action.

Animal Farm, Philippine Edition

Revisiting Animal Farm frames Philippine politics as a cycle where promises of reform repeat, while power quietly remains with the same structures.

Tourism Without Urgency

Philippine tourism is not recovering; it is falling behind as neighbors move faster on access, pricing, and planning while local policy debates remain stuck on slogans and surface-level branding.

Year-End Reckoning: The Republic In Recoil

As 2025 closes, Philippine politics is defined less by reforms than by exposure, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. losing credibility while Vice President Sara Duterte gains strength as a symbol of public frustration.

The Anti-Dynasty Law That Protects Dynasties

HB 6771 raises a critical question whether this is truly an anti-dynasty reform or a law crafted to ensure political dynasties endure.

How Civil Society, Business, And The Public Can Force Reforms Through

Only a united, sustained push from citizens, civil society, and business can force Congress to act on reforms that threaten entrenched political power.

The Bills That Will Break Congress: Why Marcos’ Reforms Face Certain Sabotage

Four reform bills now pit a presidency’s promise of change against Congress’s impulse to preserve power.

The Four Bills That Could Break The System Or Break The President

Four sweeping reform bills now test whether a weakened presidency is pursuing real political change or merely performing survival.

The Five-Hundred Peso Noche Buena: A Government That Cannot Read Its People

A ₱500 Noche Buena may be framed as guidance, but the backlash reveals deeper concerns about dignity, hardship, and a government struggling to read the public’s economic reality.