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FIRING LINE: Never again

adminDecember 11, 2025December 11, 202505 mins

FIRING LINE: Never again By Robert B. Roque, Jr. l December 11, 2025 With corruption scandals tightening around this administration and whispers of destabilization refusing to die, President Bongbong Marcos is at least playing his cards right with the military. I’m talking about the well-timed announcement he made last week: a three-tranche salary increase for…

FIRING LINE: Same fight, starkly different causes

adminNovember 18, 2025November 18, 202507 mins

FIRING LINE: Same fight, starkly different causes By Robert B. Roque, Jr. l November 18, 2025 Zaldy Co could have taken the legitimate route: testify before the Senate or the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI) probing the multibillion-peso flood-control scam. He could have done it in person or over Zoom. Those were the proper venues,…

FIRING LINE: Angry cops in a glass house

adminNovember 6, 2025November 6, 202506 mins

FIRING LINE: Angry cops in a glass house By Robert B. Roque Jr. l November 6, 2025 Each time the Philippine National Police (PNP) parades a civilian before cameras as a criminal for donning a police uniform at a Halloween party, it only puts itself under harsher scrutiny. Yes, the uniform must be respected –…

FIRING LINE: Come lie with me

adminOctober 30, 2025October 29, 202506 mins

FIRING LINE: Come lie with me By Robert B. Roque Jr. I October 30, 2025 Twenty senators have bared their Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs). Four have not. Alan Peter Cayetano, Imee Marcos, Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, and Rodante Marcoleta — what’s the holdup? The law is clear: the SALN is not…

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…

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FIRING LINE: Never again

FIRING LINE: Same fight, starkly different causes

FIRING LINE: Angry cops in a glass house

FIRING LINE: Come lie with me

FIRING LINE: Bad and ugly