December 2025

Zaldy Co’s critical role in BBM’s admin collapse

Malacaňang probably did not see it coming, but the blows inflicted by ex-Cong. Rizaldy Co on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has not only significantly weakened the latter’s administration but can, in fact, hasten its collapse.


Co is the closest anyone can get to a smoking gun. By his own admission, the former House appropriations committee chairman personally delivered billions of pesos packed in suitcases right to the doorsteps of BBM and his erstwhile patron, former Speaker Martin Romualdez.

Shield or sword? A lesson in leadership from DPWH turmoil

Watching the unfolding drama around the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) flood-control projects, many can’t help but feel that Secretary Vince Dizon and his team have forgotten the fundamental truth about what a real boss is.

In the scramble to respond to allegations of anomalies, what we’ve witnessed isn’t leadership. It is political self-preservation, where the people the boss is supposed to lead become expendable pawns.