State Auditors, Too: The Rotten Core of Institutional Failure Corruption in the Philippines is never just about stolen billions or shoddy projects. It is about the rot that eats away at the very institutions meant to protect the public interest. The current flood-control scandal, involving overpriced contracts, ghost dikes, and politically connected contractors, is not […]
A System That Protects the Corrupt The cancer of corruption in government continues to thrive—not because the people are unaware, but because the system itself shields the powerful while punishing those who dare speak out. At the heart of this rot are mayors, governors, and congressmen who demand SOPs—the so-called “standard operating procedures” that are […]
Democracy for Sale: How Contractors Hijack Our Right to Vote Beyond the rot exposed in the flood control mess lies a deeper, more insidious truth: the greatest damage inflicted on our democracy is not in the poorly built dikes or the missing millions, but in the stolen integrity of our elections. These contractors are not […]
Remollo Files Election Protest Against Sagarbarria in Dumaguete Dumaguete City, Philippines — May 28, 2025 A formal election protest has been filed before the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Manila by Atty Felipe Claudio C. Remollo against incumbent Congressman Manuel “Chiquiting” Sagarbarria, challenging the outcome of the May 12, 2025 National and Local Elections in […]
₱120K/Month Jobs for Dumagueteños in South Korea 🇰🇷💼 The “Trabaho, dili Ayuda” initiative by Mayor Ipe Remollo has given thousands of Dumagueteños the chance to work as seasonal farm workers in Yeongdong-gun, South Korea — earning ₱90,000 to ₱120,000 monthly! This is more than just employment — it’s economic dignity for hardworking families. 🌍🇵🇭 #LUPADDumaguete […]
Pro-Duterte ‘Maisug’ to Hold Grand Rally in Dumaguete on May 1 DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental —The Maisug movement of Dumaguete City and Negros Oriental, a coalition of supporters of former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, will stage a grand rally tomorrow, Thursday, 1 May 2025, to endorse ten senatorial candidates in the May 2025 mid-term elections. […]
WATCH: Gubernatorial Forum for Negros Oriental – Replay Now Available on YouTube Missed the last Gubernatorial Forum? Catch the full replay and hear directly from the candidates for Governor of Negros Oriental as they lay out their platforms, address pressing issues, and answer tough questions from the public. Know your candidates. Stay informed. Be involved.This […]
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 […]
April 6, 2025 When a former mayor turned congressman claims ignorance of the laws he once enacted—or worse, indifference to them—it’s not a lapse in memory. It’s a display of impunity that erodes the foundation of governance. Manuel “Chiquiting” Sagarbarria, now a congressman representing Negros Oriental’s 2nd District, recently addressed the controversy over a ₱3.3-billion […]
Hospital Project in Philippines Halted Over Zoning Violations Tied to Powerful Family April 5, 2025 | Dumaguete City, Philippines A ₱3.3-billion provincial hospital project in Dumaguete City has been stopped mid-construction after officials discovered it lacked critical permits, violating a zoning ordinance championed by the same political family now overseeing the effort. The controversy has […]
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