Rody Duterte News Today

Our chat groups and timelines have been buzzing for several weeks now because of the issue of ghost employees now hounding the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.

WILLIE REVILLAME - Veteran TV host and businessman Willie Revillame announced he's ready to run for senator in 2025.

It’s rare to see government officials in the Philippines step down from office. They cling to their positions like leeches, come hell or high water. Unlike in other countries where public officials offer to resign when controversies crop up, it’s the other way around here in our land of mayhem.

Albert del Rosario stood tall among world leaders. Yet there he sat on my old couch that afternoon in 1984, cradling and goo-gooing my newborn.

JJ’s head hung loosely out of the blue body bag. His face was smeared with dirt and covered with blood – thick, red and fresh.

Have you noticed that there is still so much hatred on our timelines and social media feeds, day in and day out? I say still because this antagonistic attitude is usually more prevalent during election season.

Spanning a media conglomerate that brought to millions of Filipinos opioids like Ang Probinsyano, the well-loved tearjerker Maala Mo Kaya, famous celebrities like Anne Curtis; a once-upon-a-time power monopoly; a water utility company and many other businesses including the now forgotten BayanTel, the Lopez business empire used to be the most powerful conglomerate in the country.

The Supreme Court verdict came 15 years late. Still, its voiding of the unconstitutional 2005 Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking is salient.

Republic Want more proofs of a broken Republic?

Ex-President Gloria Arroyo joins Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ill-timed China visit. China’s explosive COVID-19 surge can infect their planeload of companions, and family and staff when they return. Isolated in a pandemic bubble, they won’t get enough work done except to banquet.