Tuguegarao bridge projects: Quick to start, slow to complete
Of the four unfinished bridge projects in Tuguegarao City, three were proposed by Cagayan Third Congressional District Rep. Joseph “Jojo” Lara cumulatively worth P9.3 billion.
Sandiganbayan orders Jinggoy’s arrest over flood control mess
The development came as another senator is facing possible arrest in a flurry of indictments against senator-judges seen to likely favor Vice President Sara Duterte in her upcoming impeachment trial starting July 2
Does Manila need more highways or trees?
The massacre of trees show the shameless collusion of corrupt bureaucrats and big business interests in signing onerous contracts and the roll out of mega projects that cause massive harm and displacement to communities and environs,” BAYAN said.
Ombudsman files plunder, corruption charges vs. Jinggoy, DPWH officials
The latest plunder case against the senator was based on revelations by DPWH assistant district engineer Brice Hernandez who revealed that Estrada maneuvered to allocate P355 million through insertions in the 2025 national budget – said to be the dirtiest budget ever – in exchange for a 30 per cent cut.
Hoping that accountability won’t be drowned out by the Senate drama
Even Cayetano and presiding officer Senator Loren Legarda had to concede that the determination of a quorum takes precedence over any motion on the floor. “I thought he (Marcoleta) said he is good with rules?” non-lawyer and Wanbol University alum Sotto taunted.
7 reasons why the party-list system serves dynasties, not democracy
At least 17 party-list seats in the 20th Congress are in the hands of families whose members are already in the House or the Senate.
Cayetano’s victimhood ploy sucks
Obsessed with snatching the Senate presidency from Sen. Tito Sotto, Cayetano had to promise the Duterte bloc at the Senate that he would scupper the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio while goading Sen. Loren Legarda to ditch her erstwhile firm allies in the majority. He never thought that betraying Legarda and enticing de la Rosa to join the coup would lead to a crisis.
Co’s arrest start of real probe into flood control corruption?
“[B]y the time he (Co) is brought back and tells all, the one year bar will have expired and it will be time for another impeachment of Marcos,” ACT Rep. Antonio Tinio said, hinting of possible initiation of another removal proceeding against the president.
Sara: I think, therefore I’m wrong
“Cogito, ergo sum” is supposed to be Sara Zimmerman Duterte Carpio’s “philosophy,” as published in her San Pedro College of Davao City yearbook. It is a borrowing from Rene Descartes, who wrote it in Discourse on Method (1637), and commonly translated into English as “I think, therefore I am” or “I am thinking, therefore I exist.” It doesn’t mean “I think, therefore I am right,” or “I insist, therefore you are all wrong.”
Madriaga’s missiles batter Sara
Sara’s camp charged that Madriaga was lying through his teeth, which is incredible given the cherished quotation from Sara that honesty, credibility and sincerity are not needed in politics. This reminds us of Winston Churchill’s quote about Labour politician Stafford Cripps: “He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.”