It is somewhat ironic that the campaign slogan of the DU30 campaign was "Change is coming" and we have President Duterte now lecturing Senator Gordon that he will not change. Even with the theme of ...

President Duterte’s admission of being a dictator drew mixed reactions from majority and opposition lawmakers on Friday, with Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III dismissing it as “just a ...

In recent weeks, the Duterte presidency has considerably weakened; equally important, it has been seen to grow considerably weaker. This is not to say that the President is losing his grip on power; ...

In his post-Asean Summit speech before a Filipino audience in Indonesia, President Duterte called drug dependents “zombies” whose brains have literally shrunk from the use of prohibited substances.

In an earlier column, I had argued that there is an 80 percent probability that DU30 will change his rhetoric for the better as he gets to grasp that the milieu and venue of national and international ...

There was some puzzlement overseas following Duterte’s victory. His predecessor had after all delivered six consecutive years of economic growth—the highest in Southeast Asia. And the best performing ...

On Monday, President Duterte will deliver his third State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the House of Representatives Building Complex, which sits on a 16-ha land in Quezon City. Here’s a quick look ...

FRESH efforts to tinker with the 1987 Charter are seen to gain traction in the Senate with Monday’s scheduled submission to President Duterte of a “Federal Constitution” drafted by the ...

PRESIDENT DU30’s charge of immorality against a senator has been the fodder for gossips in the coffee shops or even in the board rooms. But the question that is apropos is, what does a manager do if ...

I apologise that I could not personally thank all those who texted and emailed me yesterday—on the feast-day of St. Francis of Assisi. One gets to be 77 only once, and I appreciate it very much. As ...

I HAVE not done this before. But owing to the urgent need for President Rodrigo Duterte to protect the coconut farmers from two harmful bills which are now awaiting his signature, I am running an ...

LOS BAÑOS, Laguna—Now, who says planting rice is easy? Definitely not, especially when you have to meticulously tweak every inch and corner to turn a rice paddy into a giant art canvas. On a quiet ...