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FIRING LINE: We can’t afford fuel or panic By Robert B. Roque Jr. l April 7, 2026 Inevitably, and by all indications, fuel prices will rise again. If it has not already, since today is Tuesday. Let’s take liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), for example, which is more of a fuel of necessity for most Filipino households….

FIRING LINE: Lenten look at Bilibid  By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l April 2, 2026 As most Filipinos go about their Catholic traditions this Lenten Season, anchored on reflection and repentance, I believe many sinners are converted. Today, Maundy Thursday, the reflection is on how Jesus washes the feet of the apostles — an act…

FIRING LINE FOR: Straining the elderly on RPT By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l March 31, 2026 It’s tax payment season again — and what troubles me now, that did not before, is how a simple assessment can quietly turn into a long-term threat to one’s home. The numbers on paper look routine enough. But…

FIRING LINE: If only cops could be everywhere By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l March 26, 2026 Not six kilometers away from my neighborhood, a troubling incident had me thinking about the safety of young students. On March 23, 15-year-old Isabelle Sophia Tablate was found dead inside a factory in Barangay Santolan, Pasig City. Days…

FIRING LINE: Jail the road-rager By Robert B. Roque Jr.  l  March 5, 2026 Road rage is not merely a traffic altercation. It is a living, breathing specimen of failure in governance. When House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos filed House Bill 8190, the proposed Anti-Road Rage Act, he framed it as drawing a firm legal…