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Marichu A. Villanueva
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Vote for the Philippines
by Marichu A. Villanueva - May 2, 2025 - 12:00am
 “What I’m doing is not just for election purposes. I have called China out since 2022,” Tolentino rebutted.  
PCO house cleaning stirs up dust
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 30, 2025 - 12:00am
The Presidential Communications Office house cleaning initiatives stirred a hornet’s nest among present members of media called the Malacañang Press Corps.
Hullabaloo over P20 per kilo rice
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 28, 2025 - 12:00am
Taking place in the last stretch of the election campaign period, a plan to sell rice at P20 per kilo in the markets went a-boiling.
As election issues
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 25, 2025 - 12:00am
But where is the confidence of VP Sara coming from that she could possibly get off unscathed from the impeachment case?
Foreign poll observers for what?
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 23, 2025 - 12:00am
In three weeks, we shall be having our national and local elections on May 12.
Prayer for travel travails
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 21, 2025 - 12:00am
For our largely Catholic country, the long weekend that ended our Lenten observance has always been associated with the holiday travel rush.
Tariff war rages on TikTok
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 16, 2025 - 12:00am
Browsing online for the latest news here and abroad usually starts my day as I prepare for the daily grind of work at the editorial desk.
‘Teacher Jun’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 14, 2025 - 12:00am
As part of the education cum information campaign of the government, a hardbound comic book was launched last February at the National Library.
Fixing weaknesses in the laws
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 11, 2025 - 12:00am
Unfortunately, such substandard quality of steel bars is also existing everywhere in the Philippines.
Fast and furious innovations
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 9, 2025 - 12:00am
We just got back from a literally whirlwind trip to Japan over the weekend.
The ‘Trump card’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 7, 2025 - 12:00am
Unfortunately, the sentiments of our OFWs are being mis-labelled as “pro-Duterte” protest rallies.
Bully pulpits vs fake news
by Marichu A. Villanueva - April 2, 2025 - 12:00am
With the proliferation and the speed by which “fake news” spreads, we could only thank its purveyors and peddlers in social media for driving the people back to mainstream media.
On April Fools’ Day
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 31, 2025 - 12:00am
The timing could be off, or just coincidental. The Supreme Court originally set tomorrow the oral arguments on the petitions against the alleged illegal “insertions” in the 2025 budget law.
Political ‘calisthenics’
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 28, 2025 - 12:00am
For someone slim and fit, Senate President Francis Joseph “Chiz” Escudero is not taking any chances with his health, especially with the daily stress and pressures of his job.
Who’s to blame for the ‘failure of justice’ system?
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 26, 2025 - 12:00am
Retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio had an interesting introspection about our country’s criminal justice system.
Phl justice system under ICC trial
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 24, 2025 - 12:00am
For all intents and purposes, our government virtually entrusted the Philippine justice system to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague when it “surrendered” former president Rodrigo...
The Ides of March of Duterte
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 21, 2025 - 12:00am
“I have no qualms about what we did being right or wrong. I think we were right,” Remulla asserted.
The usual suspect: Corruption
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 19, 2025 - 12:00am
Without benefit of investigation, the immediate suspicion leads us to conclude corruption as the culprit.
Level up the playing field
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 17, 2025 - 12:00am
Our country has already exited from the manual voting and counting of votes since our maiden foray into the automated election system (AES) in May 2010. Unfortunately, the old dirty tricks in politics have also evolved...
From 3 G’s to 3 F’s
by Marichu A. Villanueva - March 14, 2025 - 12:00am
The former president turns 80 years old this March 28, when the official campaign period for all aspirants in the local elections starts.
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