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BARMM to hold elections amid persistent state-related violence

DICT, Hello? Anybody Home?

Commentary

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By Francisco Ashley Acedillo

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Sep 8, 2026

COMMENTARY: What we need for the long haul: Pass the National Cybersecurity Agency and Critical Information Protection Bill now.But do not, under any circumstances, place it under the administrative control and supervision of the DICT.

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Sara Duterte impeachment trial, Week 9: Army denials deepen questions on secret funds

Impeachment

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By Tita C. Valderama

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Sep 4, 2026

The ninth week of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial ended with an important question still hanging over the prosecution’s case: Where did the P15.54 million in the Department of Education’s confidential funds go, and who is responsible for claiming that the money paid for activities that the Philippine Army said it funded itself?

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Duterte’s counsel asks ICC to order prosecution to refile charges

Mariza Hamoy on her son’s murder: The pain remains raw and deep as it was ten years ago

FACT CHECK: OVP proposed P51M, NOT P250M for travel expenses in 2027

A Facebook page claims that Vice President Sara Duterte requested a P250 million budget for her travel expenses for the fiscal year 2027. This is inaccurate.

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ICC prosecution opposes Duterte defense bid to require expert reports for digital evidence

“It is unreasonable, unnecessary and against the interests of judicial efficiency, to require an expert report to accompany all forms of open source and user-generated evidence,” acting Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang said in a six-page filing dated Sept. 9.

Commentary

Women in our culinary history: Struggle and fortitude

In a recent talk titled What Recipes Don’t Tell: Women in Our Culinary History, renowned food historian Felice Prudente Sta. Maria recounts the lives of three extraordinary women who made their indelible mark in our food history, centering the kitchen as a place of empowerment: Juliana Gorricho vda. de Pardo de Tavera, Maria Y. Orosa, and Pura Villanueva Kalaw.