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Thursday, December 26, 2024

Come to Think of It

Pith of the drug war?

ROYINA Garma is in the ropes, getting pummeled by congressmen as her storied past surfaces before the House Quad Comm. She was ordered detained in...

Immigration head rolls

THE PHILIPPINE Senate issued a warrant of arrest against Guo Hua Ping, aka Alice Guo, last July 10 because of her obstinate refusal to...

Unmasking the drug war

THE PHILIPPINE National Police has announced its investigation into allegations that a quota and reward system was implemented during the Duterte administration’s war on...

How was the drug war financed?

BY ADE S. FAJARDO WHY IS a lottery office a coveted government appointment? Shouldn’t the office overseeing legal games of chance to raise funds for the...

A councilor named Small

CONGRESS has assembled four committees to find answers – did the Duterte administration purposely employ terror in its war on drugs to intimidate the...

Republic of Quiboloy

TELEVANGELIST Apollo C. Quiboloy stands accused of many crimes: child abuse, sexual abuse, and qualified human trafficking. Bail is discretionary, meaning that judges may order...

Housing a fugitive

A 2022 listing shows that the average price of lots for sale at Pinewoods Golf and Country Estate in Baguio is P34,000 per square...

Suspects in the ICC investigation

LAST WEEK former senator Antonio Trillanes presented a document purportedly issued by the office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that names...

Time to decriminalize libel

THE FINAL tax case filed by the Duterte government against journalist Maria Ressa has been dismissed by the Court of Tax Appeals. The CTA denied...

Fake Pinoys in our midst

THE MUNICIPALITY of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur is proximate to Davao City. Last week it got featured as the source of 200 fake Filipino...