BISDAK Lost ’n Translation: But Where’s the 125M?
On Day 16 of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, the impeachment court suddenly found itself debating Cebuano, the lingua franca of the Bisdaks (Bisayang Dako or…
Beyond system loss: Filipinos need system change
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s call in his fifth State of the Nation Address to stop passing system loss charges and their corresponding Value-Added Tax (VAT) on to electricity consumers is…
When Romanov fell
For nearly a week, the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte seemed trapped in a maze of technicalities. Every typographical error became a battlefield. Every procedural defect threatened to…
“No Joke Invictus”
(Kaloi Zarate is a long-time public interest lawyer, a former three-term legislator representing Bayan Muna Partylist and now a Senior partner of the La Vina Zarate and Associates (LVZ Law). …
Marked, collected: The legal novelty of plunder charges against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta
Laws are born in halls of Congress, argued in courts—but lived on the streets. After years inside Congress and courtrooms, I've seen justice get lost in elite bubbles. This column cuts…