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Robert B. Roque Jr.

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: Hope in 2026

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. And so this is 2026… not quite the hopeful refrain of a new year unfolding, but a pause heavy with...

FIRING LINE: DTI chief’s ₱500 fantasy

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. There are moments when government officials reveal exactly how out of touch they are — and this past week, Trade...

FIRING LINE: What now, PhilHealth?

By Robert B. Roque, Jr.Now that the mid-term elections are over and done with, it would be most fitting to recall that one of...

FIRING LINE: Who Guo might be

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Embattled Bamban Mayor Alice Guo and her legal team have resorted to knocking on the doors of Malacanang. She’s counting...

FIRING LINE: Timor-Leste lacks strong decision-making

By Robert B. Roque, Jr, For a country as young as Timor-Leste, I don't think it was expected that it would maintain labyrinthine legal processes...

FIRING LINE: Hunt down the crooked ex-DOJ Usec

By Robert B. Roque, Jr.Lawyer Levito Baligod, who represents several widowed complainants in the “Pamplona Massacre” that counted Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo among...

FIRING LINE: Hitman or fall guy?

By Robert B. Roque, Jr.Since President BBM has already spoken, there's no use in floating any suggestion that Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla should...

FIRING LINE: Is it Isko, Mr. President?

By Robert B. Roque, Jr. Of all the local government units (LGUs) in the country downloading social amelioration program (SAP) funds from the Bureau of...

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