Impeachment has shifted from a last resort to background noise, shaping governance through threat and delay rather than decisive constitutional action.
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.
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.
Only a united, sustained push from citizens, civil society, and business can force Congress to act on reforms that threaten entrenched political power.
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.