That's The Spirit
Indolent and indifferent
Three years after Supertyphoon “Yolanda” hit the country, victims of one of the worst disasters in our country’s history are...
Read moreSense of duty
The revelations in the recently concluded investigation of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Justice on the proliferation of the...
Read moreReady for change?
According to both his critics and some allies, he should but according to the President himself, he will not as...
Read moreOn tax reform
Lowering the individual (personal) and corporate income tax rates is not easy nor is it simple. The government needs to...
Read moreExclusions
The testimony that stood out above all other testimonies in the House probe on the proliferation of illegal drugs at...
Read moreSelective and partial truth?
The testimony of self-confessed and alleged former member of the so-called “Davao Death Squad” (DDS), Edgar Matobato, during the Senate...
Read moreExtrajudicial
Extrajudicial killing is simply defined as killing of a person by government authorities without the sanction of the legal process....
Read moreIndigenized education
The Department of Education (DepEd) has shifted the implementation of its Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) program to high gear –...
Read moreGovernment cleansing
Budget Circular No. 2016-5 issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) does not speak of any novel austerity...
Read moreResponsive government
The Duterte Administration certainly has the character of honoring its word. Such is the opposite of the “broken promises” character...
Read moreA changed government
The stand of Finance Secretary Carlos G. Dominguez III against increasing the Value-Added Tax (VAT) rate from the current 12...
Read moreMaking a difference
The House of Representatives Secretariat was led by a truly a patriotic leader and exemplary public manager from February 2008...
Read moreStrategies in winning the war
The war against the manufacture, trade and use of illegal drugs in the Philippines is not a war of the...
Read moreThe need for rehabilitation
The thousands of illegal drug users and pushers who are “surrendering” to local authorities are more than enough proof that...
Read moreWinning the war
President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s bold act of naming five active and retired generals of the Philippine National Police (PNP) as...
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