Robert B. Roque, Jr.

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...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Across Asia, anger against corruption has reached a boiling point. In Nepal, young people led by the Gen Zs are...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. So much thunder and righteousness have come forth from the statements boldly read out in the Senate by the flood...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Who would not break down in the face of a reality so cruel: corruption so deliberate that working Filipinos, even...

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Reports coming out show the Discaya couple’s flagship St. Gerrard Construction has been riding waves of patronage across administrations, even...