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Power Play

How Civil Society, Business, And The Public Can Force Reforms Through

Only a united, sustained push from citizens, civil society, and business can force Congress to act on reforms that threaten entrenched political power.

The Bills That Will Break Congress: Why Marcos’ Reforms Face Certain Sabotage

Four reform bills now pit a presidency’s promise of change against Congress’s impulse to preserve power.

The Four Bills That Could Break The System Or Break The President

Four sweeping reform bills now test whether a weakened presidency is pursuing real political change or merely performing survival.

The Five-Hundred Peso Noche Buena: A Government That Cannot Read Its People

A ₱500 Noche Buena may be framed as guidance, but the backlash reveals deeper concerns about dignity, hardship, and a government struggling to read the public’s economic reality.

Did The ICC Ruling Crack Sara’s Political Future?

The ICC ruling against Rodrigo Duterte dismantles the illusion of Sara Duterte’s political insulation, casting her not as a bystander but as an active factor in a global reckoning over justice, power and accountability.

Outsourced Democracy: When A Nation Loses Faith In Its Own Leaders

Flirting with a “caretaker government” reflects not stability but a deeper loss of faith in democracy itself.