Let slip the dogs of war

Marcos and Zelensky are the new war mongrels of the United States.

Ukrainian holdover President Volodymyr Zelensky recently visited Manila to meet Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., personally inviting him to attend the upcoming Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland. Incidentally, Ukraine has been under martial law since 2022, and its president is under holdover capacity due to the nonconduct of national elections.

Sara: Violence vs civilians, desecration of democracy

Vice President Sara Z. Duterte didn’t let it pass.

Duterte, in a statement, made a stand a day after more than a hundred forces of the Philippine National Police Special Action Force and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group stormed into several KJC compounds in Davao City, Samal Island, and Sarangani in search of its leader, Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.

Road to Martial Law?

It was a scene straight out of Martial Law.

Uniformed police officers employing superior force broke into what church members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ consider hallowed grounds and swarmed all over the place in search of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the controversial preacher who enjoys a cult-like following not just in Davao City but even internationally. For one who did his part to campaign for the victory of the so-called UniTeam bannered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., it was rubbing salt into an open wound.

Will there be enough rice for Bagong Pilipinas?

When Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. campaigned for the Philippine presidency in 2022, a key promise was to lower the retail price of rice to P20 per kilo. This promise resonated deeply with the electorate, as rice is a staple in Filipino households, providing a major source of daily carbohydrate intake. At that time, rice prices hovered around 45-50 pesos per kilo, making the pledge for cheaper rice a welcome prospect for a population already battered by inflation.