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Published July 2, 2021, 10:15 AM Vice President Ma. Leonor Robredo (MB foto) Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo on Friday, July 2, said former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “needs to concede and accept his defeat with grace.” In her comment and opposition filed with the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) which is composed of all Supreme Court (SC) justices, Robredo said Marcos’ motion to reconsider the tribunal’s decision that dismissed his election protest “must be denied for utter lack of merit.” Last Feb. 16, in a unanimous vote of 15 justices, the PET u...

SunStar + March 14, 2021 WHY is it that many of us Pinoys tend to turn everything in our lives into politics? Is it because a large number believes it could run our country in such a way as to make it a progressive and respectable nation? Aren’t there ordinary citizens who hanker for high office, such as barangay captain to councilor to mayor to governor, then congressperson to senator and, eventually, president? Is it because of a natural human predilection to lust for power so as to be able to control one’s fellow humans? Isn’t it rather like the ape who thinks he’s the...