IMPEACHMENT WATCH: Senate Sets Trial Timeline for Vice President Sara Duterte

IMPEACHMENT WATCH: Senate Sets Trial Timeline for Vice President Sara Duterte Manila, Philippines – The Senate has released the proposed timetable for the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, reflecting Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero’s formal communication to all involved parties earlier this year. In an official letter dated 19 May 2025, addressed to […]

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Palace proclaims May 12 national holiday for midterm elections

Palace proclaims May 12 national holiday for midterm elections MANILA – 6 May 2025 — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has issued Proclamation No. 878, declaring Monday, 12 May 2025 a special (non‑working) holiday nationwide to ensure every Filipino voter has ample time to participate in the 2025 national and local polls. (Philstar Life) Signed on 6 May by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on behalf […]

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A Bleak Future Awaits If We Keep Choosing Thieves.

The Crowd & the Crossroad Nearly two thousand years ago, Jerusalem woke to a strange Paschal morning.The air was thick with rumor, the streets jammed with pilgrims, soldiers, traders—and a single, ancient question: Whom will you choose? Act I | The Governor’s Balcony Pontius Pilate, Rome’s uneasy prefect, stepped onto the stone balcony of the Praetorium. Before him surged a restless […]

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The King of Concrete: Si Pilimon’s Empire of Dust

The King of Concrete: Si Pilimon’s Empire of Dust In Congressman Si Pilimon’s district, a freshly paved highway glistens under the midday sun, its blacktop smooth and unblemished. It’s the third time this stretch has been torn up and rebuilt in six years—each time declared “urgent” in the General Appropriations Act (GAA), each time a […]

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