As I write this article, which is noontime, Feb. 14, the feast of St. Valentine, I cannot help but be aware of the fact that we Filipinos are such incurableromantics. One of the news items on television last night was a recent survey that showed a good 40 percent of Filipinos believe in the power of Cupid.
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As I write this article, which is noontime, Feb. 14, the feast of St. Valentine, I cannot help but be aware of the fact that we Filipinos are such incurableromantics. One of the news items on television last night was a recent survey that showed a good 40 percent of Filipinos believe in the power of Cupid.
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Transparency and accountability should be demanded not from her alone, Vice President Sara Duterte said yesterday, as she bewailed Malacañang’s making an official announcement of her supposed personal six-day trip to Japan, which she eventually canceled.
Lowering or altering the constitutional threshold of 16 votes required to convict Vice President Sara Duterte poses a dangerous precedent for the Senate impeachment court, whose attendance rules and quorum have come under intense scrutiny.
Malacañang yesterday expressed readiness to disclose details on the foreign trips of executive branch officials after Vice President Sara Duterte challenged the administration to make public all of its travel authorities and the public funds involved.
On Aug. 14, the Senate committees on the environment and natural resources and finance conducted a five-hour hearing on the hottest and most controversial economic and investment idea of the day – Pax Silica.
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