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FIRING LINE: Drones and criminal ideas

adminSeptember 22, 2026September 22, 202607 mins

FIRING LINE: Drones and criminal ideas By Robert B. Roque Jr. | September 22, 2026 By now, more people reading the news know who Park Wang-yeol is, because of a widely circulated story that he was supposed to escape the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Mindoro by clinging to a $74,000 drone. The 47-year-old…

Duterte Impeachment: Vote Threshold Debate Sparks Public Distrust Over Political Motives

Bing JabadanSeptember 21, 2026September 21, 202605 mins

Duterte Impeachment: Vote Threshold Debate Sparks Public Distrust Over Political Motives By Bing Jabadan – TheNATIONWEEK.com | September 21, 2026 MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Senate’s intricate debate over the voting threshold for Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment has intensified public skepticism, with millions of Filipinos increasingly viewing the proceedings as a politically engineered maneuver…

Immigration Officer Earns P500,000 Daily in Human Trafficking Operations at NAIA Arrested

Bing JabadanSeptember 18, 2026September 21, 202603 mins

Immigration Officer Earns P500,000 Daily in Human Trafficking Operations at NAIA Arrested By Bing Jabadan – TheNATIONWEEK.com | September 18, 2027 MANILA, Philippines – An immigration officer at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on September 12, 2026, for alleged involvement in a human trafficking…

FROM THE FRINGES: Tourism and Statistics

adminSeptember 18, 2026September 18, 2026015 mins

FROM THE FRINGES: Tourism and Statistics By Jerome Aning | September 18, 2026 September is Tourism Month in the Philippines, celebrated by the Department of Tourism (DOT), its regional offices and attached agencies, as well as local government units, and the country’s tourism industry sector. There is actually no formal government issuance designating a month for…

FIRING LINE: Power consumers catch a break

adminSeptember 17, 2026September 17, 202606 mins

FIRING LINE: Power consumers catch a break By Robert B. Roque Jr. | September 17, 2026 It’s happening. The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has turned on its good side and scrapped value-added tax (VAT) on the system loss charge stacked into every Filipino’s electricity bill. Either by political will or survival, the promise President…

Saudi Arabia on High Alert: Attacks Escalate Regional Conflict

adminSeptember 16, 2026September 16, 202609 mins

Saudi Arabia on High Alert: Attacks Escalate Regional Conflict By TheNATIONWEEK.com News Desk | September 15, 2026 RIYADH, KSA – Saudi Arabia has issued its most extensive security alerts since the recent intensification of hostilities in the Middle East, encompassing the holy city of Mecca and its second-largest city, Jeddah. This heightened vigilance follows a…

BI Arrests Iranian, Three Indians for Visa Fraud

adminSeptember 16, 2026September 16, 202604 mins

BI Arrests Iranian, Three Indians for Visa Fraud By Bing Jabadan – TheNATIONWEEK.com | September 16, 2026 MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) Intelligence Division has launched a robust enforcement campaign, apprehending four foreign nationals across three coordinated operations on September 7. The individuals, including an Iranian and two Indian nationals, face severe…

FIRING LINE: Time may change the color of justice

adminSeptember 15, 2026September 15, 202605 mins

FIRING LINE: Time may change the color of justice By Robert B. Roque Jr | September 15, 2026 We have reached Week 11 of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, and the Senate Impeachment Court now turns to Article II — the charge of unexplained wealth and false Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALNs)….

FROM THE FRINGES: The BARMM Parliamentary Elections

adminSeptember 11, 2026September 11, 2026013 mins

FROM THE FRINGES: The BARMM Parliamentary Elections By Jerome Aning | September 11, 2026 On Monday, Sept. 14, more 2.39 million voters from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will cast their ballots to elect members of the Bangsamoro Parliament. The 2026 BARMM Parliamentary Elections (BPE) gives the people of BARMM the opportunity…

FIRING LINE: The sick man from Leyte

adminSeptember 10, 2026September 10, 202605 mins

FIRING LINE: The sick man from Leyte By Robert B. Roque Jr | September 10, 2026 Last weekend, I thought I saw FAMAS-quality acting in VP Sara Duterte posting bail at a Quezon City court, and wrote about it. But the Monday after that, we all saw presidential cousin and former Speaker Martin Romualdez being…

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FIRING LINE: Drones and criminal ideas

Duterte Impeachment: Vote Threshold Debate Sparks Public Distrust Over Political Motives

FIRING LINE: Drones and criminal ideas

Duterte Impeachment: Vote Threshold Debate Sparks Public Distrust Over Political Motives

Immigration Officer Earns P500,000 Daily in Human Trafficking Operations at NAIA Arrested

FROM THE FRINGES: Tourism and Statistics

FIRING LINE: Power consumers catch a break

Saudi Arabia on High Alert: Attacks Escalate Regional Conflict

BI Arrests Iranian, Three Indians for Visa Fraud

FIRING LINE: Time may change the color of justice

FROM THE FRINGES: The BARMM Parliamentary Elections

FIRING LINE: The sick man from Leyte