Pag-IBIG Fund Net Income Up 24% To PHP41.35 Billion In First Half Of 2026

Pag-IBIG Fund posts record first-half net income of PHP41.35 billion, reflecting stronger earnings and disciplined cost management.

Borromeo Motoring Group Signs New RES Deal For 20 Luzon Dealerships

Borromeo Motoring Group taps COREnergy to manage power more strategically across 20 Luzon dealerships and automotive facilities.

Two Founders, One Purpose: How Joel Cabugos And Jax Reyes Built KasKasan Buddies

KasKasan Buddies grew from the complementary strengths of Joel Cabugos and Jax Reyes, whose shared vision placed financial education and community value at the center.

Frances Cabatuando On The Legacy And Future Of Home Buddies

Home Buddies has grown beyond Facebook, creating podcasts, events, markets, and platforms that continue helping Filipinos build homes they can proudly call their own.
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Power Play

A Trilogy On Power, Youth, And The Philippine State

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.

The Politics Of Nothing

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

The ICC Didn’t Just Reject. It Exposed

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.

The Court That Would Not Flinch

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.

Government Without Governing

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.

The Capture Of Accountability: Remulla As Ombudsman

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.

The Untouchables Of Congress

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.

Snap Elections, Snap Opportunism

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.

Family Or Legacy: BBM’s Ultimate Test

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.

The Crumbling State

A government can survive floods of water, but when floods of corruption erode trust and hollow out institutions, it is the people who drown first.