Robert B. Roque, Jr.

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. When the Department of Education (DepEd) abruptly announced a two-day suspension of face-to-face classes in Metro Manila on October 13...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. The “Big One” — the dreaded movement of the West Valley Fault — is no longer a doomsday prophecy. It’s...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Last week, Malacañang announced that nearly 20,000 reports had poured into Sumbong sa Pangulo. Bongbong Marcos’s online platform for public...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Last Monday, the Piggatan Bridge in Alcala, Cagayan, collapsed just as three fully loaded trucks, each carrying about 18 tons...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Things so terrible have been happening around us that sometimes I think — we’ve long had it coming. “Only in...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. When DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon took over, he said President Marcos’s marching order was clear: go full throttle against the...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. While the flood control scandal has burst wide open, the public pushes on for just and burning demands: the whole...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Buried in the noisy run-up to last Sunday’s anti-corruption rally was a quieter but no less urgent cry: justice for...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Between 30,000 and 50,000 Filipinos filled the streets in fury, rain-soaked and undeterred, even by the looming super typhoon Nando....

By Robert B. Roque, Jr.Just days after President Marcos formed the Independent Commission for Infrastructure to probe the “ghost” flood control projects, the public...