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Power Play

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

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In a Congress long dulled by obedience, the rise of “Congressmeow” Kiko Barzaga reveals both the fragility and faint hope of Philippine politics, showing that even within a broken machine, dissent can still make it purr with possibility.
Power Play

The Politics Of Nothing

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The ICC’s ruling exposed a politics of noise where loyalty trumps law and governance fades into performance.
Power Play

The ICC Didn’t Just Reject. It Exposed

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The ICC’s rejection of Rodrigo Duterte’s release revealed not only his personal reckoning, it also exposed the enduring cycle of power, privilege, and impunity that continues to dominate Philippine governance.
Power Play

The Court That Would Not Flinch

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The ICC’s rejection of Duterte’s plea was a moral awakening, reminding the nation that justice is earned through accountability, not emotion or influence.
Power Play

Government Without Governing

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A nation with a full government but no governing, the Philippines now drifts in the emptiness between power and accountability, its institutions intact in form yet hollow in function as corruption thrives and conscience resigns.
Power Play

The Capture Of Accountability: Remulla As Ombudsman

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The appointment of Justice Secretary Boying Remulla as Ombudsman signals not reform but retreat, turning what should be the nation’s final guardian of accountability into a protective wall for those in power and reducing the fight against corruption to mere political theater.
Power Play

The Untouchables Of Congress

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Magalong and Lacson’s resignations reveal a government where corruption thrives, allies stay untouchable, and Marcos Jr.’s promise of reform sinks under the weight of impunity.
Power Play

Snap Elections, Snap Opportunism

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Amid the flood-control scandal that has shaken Congress, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s call for snap elections exposes not reform but reinvention, a political performance meant to distance, distract, and disguise ambition as moral reckoning.
Power Play

The Godfathers Of Congress

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Philippine politics unfolds like a Godfather saga where power is masked by legality, scandals echo loyalty oaths, and the true cost of corruption is borne not by the dons, but by ordinary people left drowning in broken trust.
Power Play

Family Or Legacy: BBM’s Ultimate Test

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In the flood-control scandal that now engulfs his presidency, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. faces a defining choice between family loyalty and national legacy, one that could either redeem his name or drown it in history’s recurring corruption.
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