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FIRING LINE: What the latest poll tells Senators

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Don’t look now, but if you’re rooting for Sara Duterte to win in 2028, the numbers are starting to tell...

FIRING LINE: Another bridge bites the dust

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. “London Bridge is falling down, falling down…” is a well-known nursery rhyme meant to entertain young children miming as they...

FIRING LINE: Charging the middle

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Nowadays, it seems everyone on Facebook wants to be counted among the 4Ps beneficiaries. And I don’t blame them. Because...

FIRING LINE | DepEd’s new calendar: Reform or experiment?

By Robert B. Roque Jr. Summer vacation is in. But what’s very much around the corner is a big change in School Year 2026–2027, as...

FIRING LINE: 2 good news from a ‘dead man’

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Thank you, Mr. President. Not only did you suspend the excise tax on kerosene and LPG (or cooking gas) this...

FIRING LINE: Lenten look at Bilibid

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. As most Filipinos go about their Catholic traditions this Lenten Season, anchored on reflection and repentance, I believe many sinners...

FIRING LINE: The Maleficent 7

By Robert B. Roque, Jr.Sifting through the day’s news the other day, what triggered me more than the thought of higher gasoline prices amid...

FIRING LINE: The irritating cost of government seminars

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. A few months ago, social media was abuzz over Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) delegates who reportedly went to Thailand for a...

FIRING LINE: Oil shock! Look out for opportunism

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. The war in the Middle East may be out of Manila’s hands, but what happens at the gas stations here...

FIRING LINE: Quan’s got the nerve

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. It took barely weeks for Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian’s successor, Jing Quan, to turn the dignity of his post...

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