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FIRING LINE: Encore for Lacson

adminOctober 23, 2025October 23, 202505 mins

FIRING LINE: Encore for Lacson By Robert B. Roque Jr. l October 23, 2025 Senator Ping Lacson is set to reclaim his old post as Blue Ribbon Committee chair. According to Senate President Tito Sotto, that is a certainty. If you ask me, Lacson should never have abandoned that chairmanship on the mere account of Senate…

FIRING LINE: The two-day coverup

adminOctober 21, 2025October 20, 202505 mins

FIRING LINE: The two-day coverup By Robert B. Roque Jr. l October 21, 2025 When the Department of Education (DepEd) abruptly announced a two-day suspension of face-to-face classes in Metro Manila on October 13 and 14, it cited an “alarming rise in influenza-like illnesses” and the need to disinfect classrooms and inspect the structural integrity of…

$14-B Bitcoin Seizure Exposes Global Cryptocurrency Scam

adminOctober 20, 2025October 20, 202505 mins

Chen Zhi $14-B Bitcoin Seizure Exposes Global Cryptocurrency Scam By Paul V. Young – TheNationWeek.Com | October 20, 2025 NEW YORK/LONDON – A joint US-UK operation has dismantled a massive cryptocurrency scam, seizing over $14 billion in Bitcoin and indicting Chen Zhi, founder of the Cambodian Prince Group, on charges of wire fraud and money…

FIRING LINE: Where’s the plan for the Big One?

adminOctober 16, 2025October 16, 202504 mins

FIRING LINE: Where’s the plan for the Big One? By Robert B. Roque Jr. l October 16, 2025 The “Big One” — the dreaded movement of the West Valley Fault — is no longer a doomsday prophecy. It’s science, and it’s only a matter of when. Yet, despite countless studies and earthquake drills, what exactly…

FIRING LINE: Reversing the rot in public works

adminOctober 14, 2025October 14, 202506 mins

FIRING LINE: Reversing the rot in public works By Robert B. Roque Jr. │October 14, 2025 Last week, Malacañang announced that nearly 20,000 reports had poured into Sumbong sa Pangulo. Bongbong Marcos’s online platform for public complaints was bombarded with mostly questionable public works projects. That number should jolt Malacañang and his administration as much…

FIRING LINE: Destruction and delay

adminOctober 9, 2025October 8, 202506 mins

FIRING LINE: Destruction and delay By Robert B. Roque Jr. l October 9, 2025 Last Monday, the Piggatan Bridge in Alcala, Cagayan, collapsed just as three fully loaded trucks, each carrying about 18 tons of palay, crossed its span. Built more than three decades ago and designed for lighter traffic, the bridge gave way in…

FIRING LINE: Bad and ugly

adminOctober 7, 2025October 6, 202505 mins

FIRING LINE: Bad and ugly By Robert B. Roque Jr. l October 7, 2025 Things so terrible have been happening around us that sometimes I think — we’ve long had it coming. “Only in the Philippines,” we say — many times before with pride, but now more so with bitter irony to describe flood barriers…

FIRING LINE: Freeze!

adminOctober 2, 2025October 1, 202505 mins

FIRING LINE: Freeze! By Robert B. Roque Jr. l October 2, 2025 When DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon took over, he said President Marcos’s marching order was clear: go full throttle against the corrupt, whether inside the department or among contractors, however high the trail leads. Credit to Dizon for doing just that. He has asked…

FIRING LINE: Pinning hopes on Lacson

adminSeptember 30, 2025October 1, 202507 mins

FIRING LINE: Pinning hopes on Lacson By Robert B. Roque Jr. l September 30, 2025 While the flood control scandal has burst wide open, the public pushes on for just and burning demands: the whole truth and full accountability. Yes, there had been breakthroughs and damning evidence brought to light these past weeks in the parallel…

FIRING LINE: A matter of justice

adminSeptember 25, 2025September 25, 202504 mins

FIRING LINE: A matter of justice By Robert B. Roque Jr. l September 25, 2025 Buried in the noisy run-up to last Sunday’s anti-corruption rally was a quieter but no less urgent cry: justice for Juan “Johnny” Dayang, as posted by his son Jed. Dayang, 89, a former mayor, was an exemplary journalist. Widely acknowledged…

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FIRING LINE: Encore for Lacson

FIRING LINE: The two-day coverup

$14-B Bitcoin Seizure Exposes Global Cryptocurrency Scam

FIRING LINE: Where’s the plan for the Big One?

FIRING LINE: Reversing the rot in public works

FIRING LINE: Destruction and delay

FIRING LINE: Bad and ugly

FIRING LINE: Freeze!

FIRING LINE: Pinning hopes on Lacson

FIRING LINE: A matter of justice