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 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.
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The Transparency Trilogy: Power, Secrecy, And The Filipino State

Once a moral safeguard, the SALN has become a ritual of illusion, proof that in Philippine politics, transparency without consequence is not accountability but performance.

The Flood That Marcos Cannot Drain

The Philippines faces a flood not of water but of corruption, a rising tide that demands truth, accountability, and courage before the nation sinks.

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

Barzaga’s defiance reminds us that reform in the Philippines doesn’t die from corruption but from exhaustion, waiting for citizens who can turn disgust into direction.

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

Barzaga’s defiance against the House machine exposes how the Philippine Congress punishes courage more swiftly than it confronts corruption.

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

In a Congress long dulled by obedience, the rise of “Congressmeow” Kiko Barzaga reveals both the fragility and faint hope of Philippine politics, showing that even within a broken machine, dissent can still make it purr with possibility.

The Politics Of Nothing

The ICC’s ruling exposed a politics of noise where loyalty trumps law and governance fades into performance.

The ICC Didn’t Just Reject. It Exposed

The ICC’s rejection of Rodrigo Duterte’s release revealed not only his personal reckoning, it also exposed the enduring cycle of power, privilege, and impunity that continues to dominate Philippine governance.

The Court That Would Not Flinch

The ICC’s rejection of Duterte’s plea was a moral awakening, reminding the nation that justice is earned through accountability, not emotion or influence.

Government Without Governing

A nation with a full government but no governing, the Philippines now drifts in the emptiness between power and accountability, its institutions intact in form yet hollow in function as corruption thrives and conscience resigns.

The Capture Of Accountability: Remulla As Ombudsman

The appointment of Justice Secretary Boying Remulla as Ombudsman signals not reform but retreat, turning what should be the nation’s final guardian of accountability into a protective wall for those in power and reducing the fight against corruption to mere political theater.

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