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Accountability calls mount, as DPWH flood culprits still free
Public tolerance for corruption is hardening, with Filipinos increasingly demanding the arrest and prosecution of officials implicated in the controversial flood control projects of...
FIRING LINE: When accountability dies with the official
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. The death of former DPWH Undersecretary Cathy Cabral has reopened a familiar wound in Philippine public life, reviving memories of the late DILG...
FIRING LINE: Co vanishes, Romualdez very much here
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Since appearing in a damning video, implicating the highest names in government in what he claimed was a P100-billion web...
PBBM pushes for sweeping reform bills amid corruption scandal
Amid the widening flood-control corruption scandal that has exposed billions allegedly lost to ghost or substandard infrastructure projects, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has...
FIRING LINE: Same fight, starkly different causes
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Zaldy Co could have taken the legitimate route: testify before the Senate or the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) probing...
EU backs PH reforms on human rights, justice, and transparency
The European Union (EU) and the Philippines reaffirmed their shared commitment to upholding human rights, due process, and the rule of law during the...
FIRING LINE: Remulla cleaning house
By Robert B. Roque, Jr. The new Ombudsman, former Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla, could well be on his first bold strike as the...
LEAKIPEDIA: Great Crusader or Great Pretender?
Word around the grapevine is that a self-proclaimed “Mr. Clean” has been spotted clinking glasses — not just with mayors and diplomats — but...
88% of Filipinos want Sara Duterte to face impeachment charges—SWS survey
As the Senate delays the impeachment trial to June 11, a new survey reveals that 88% of Filipinos want Vice President Sara Duterte to...
Removed OWWA chief to face raps over ₱1.4B land deal
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said that criminal and administrative cases will be filed against former Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Administrator Arnel...