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‘Drag me to hell’
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 21, 2024 - 12:00am
That was a riveting press conference by the bratinella last Friday. Some takeaways:
Moving on
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 18, 2024 - 12:00am
Despite the explosive revelations coming out of the quad committee hearings at the House of Representatives, Filipinos are still looking forward to the International Criminal Court taking the lead in investigating...
The killing fields
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Be careful what you wish for. Voters mesmerized by the tough-talking Rodrigo Duterte were given this warning in the 2016 elections, but brushed it aside and gave him a stunning landslide win.
Toothless
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 14, 2024 - 12:00am
We have a constitutional body tasked to run elections.
Cautionary tale
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 11, 2024 - 12:00am
In 1986, people power in the Philippines inspired democracy movements around the world.
Just tiis
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Just when even skeptics are conceding a measure of success in the efforts of Ferdinand Marcos Junior to remake his family’s image, something comes along to revive memories of the cronyism, corruption and rights...
Soft powerhouse
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Filipinos take pride in natural hospitality, but South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol may find himself getting an extra warm welcome during his two-day state visit here.
Global ambition
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 4, 2024 - 12:00am
Critics may dismiss as a political circus the ongoing investigations at the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Inbreeding
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - October 2, 2024 - 12:00am
With every electoral exercise, the situation gets worse.
The ‘senatoriables’
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 30, 2024 - 12:00am
A part from conducting investigations and engaging in shouting matches, what else do senators do?
Worth a thousand words
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 27, 2024 - 12:00am
It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.
When Leni meets the VP
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 25, 2024 - 12:00am
What was the bratinella thinking?
Instant gratification
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 23, 2024 - 12:00am
Some quarters are complaining that the two chambers of Congress are going overboard in conducting investigations, saying these are no longer in aid of legislation.
Unbowed
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 20, 2024 - 12:00am
All along people thought persons who face congressional proceedings take the oath as a gesture of commitment to tell the truth.
Standing with the Phl
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 18, 2024 - 12:00am
When I was still a regular visitor to China, one mark of that country’s dizzyingly rapid economic progress that I noticed was the disappearance of bicycles from the streets of Beijing, and their replacement...
Not demure, not mindful
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 16, 2024 - 12:00am
The Maharlika billionaire’s club to which Ferdinand Marcos Junior belongs can use lessons on public sensitivity in this developing country.
Bringing it on
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 13, 2024 - 12:00am
Vice presidents, according to the incumbent, are often targeted by the administration because they are perceived to be next in line for the presidency in the next elections.
Ports of exit
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 11, 2024 - 12:00am
Even under arrest in Manila, Alice Guo continues to embarrass the government.
Celebrity and notoriety
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 9, 2024 - 12:00am
Last Friday I joked that Alice Guo was on her way to the Commission on Elections – not to face her disqualification case for faking her Philippine citizenship, but to file her certificate of candidacy for the...
Enhanced
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - September 6, 2024 - 12:00am
The weather scientists are hurting.
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