I’m going to speak plainly and provocatively, in my own voice, about the speech I gave at Caux Palace in Switzerland in July 2000 and the bold idea that followed.

Uncomfortable Truths, Bold Beginnings: Rewriting a Nation’s Destiny from Within

......a year when corruption has been dragged into the light like a decaying corpse that can no longer be buried.

2025: The Year Corruption Was Unmasked

Rumors are circulating in political circles that Minority Leader Allan Peter Cayetano may already have the numbers to mount a bid for the Senate presidency — a move that could unseat Senator Tito Sotto, who won the post only last week through a "coup". Are we staring down the prospect of another Senate “regodon”?

Eyes on the Gavel:The Senate on Trial from Sotto’s Coup to Cayetano’s Reckoning

Filipinos, it has been pointed out by numerous studies, are one of the heaviest consumers of social media in the world.

Get off your social media comfort zone

Sec. Vince Dizon announced last week that he will be submitting to the Ombudsman several complaints a week against corrupt government officials. Those involved are in panic mode.  In social media interviews, several DPWH officials have already revealed their defenses.

These corrupt DPWH employees better have a solid defense

The Senate coup was swift and ruthless. On September 8, 2025, Vicente “Tito” Sotto III ousted Francis “Chiz” Escudero as Senate President with fifteen votes. For pro-Duterte senators, the ambush was stunning. They expected Escudero to hold the gavel longer, but the numbers shifted overnight. What fell was not just a leadership post—it was the balance of power in the Senate, destabilized by scandal, shifting loyalties, and an investigation that dug deeper than expected.

Flood Scandal, Senate Power Shifts

I used to wonder (and still do) how the heck Filipinos in the 1980s managed to mass together, set aside their differences and rally together against the dictator. Given the challenges of the period, I am pretty sure that the will of those who aspired of a better tomorrow is much, much greater.

Setting aside our political differences

When sermons thunder over millions but fall mute over trillions, the contest is no longer about morality. It’s about protecting the king.

₱125 million loud, ₱1 trillion silent

After the bashing and statements of condemnation, after the demonstrations, rallies, and shaming and throwing of stones and eggs and tomatoes at the mansions of cheating contractors and the DPWH building—what now?

Legal recourse vs corruption

The political twilight of House Speaker Martin Romualdez has unfolded before the nation’s eyes. His years at the helm of the House of Representatives have ended, not because of factional maneuverings but because of accumulated sins that rendered him one of the most distrusted officials in the country. The scandal over flood-control funds—where billions were allegedly siphoned off in kickbacks—and the gathering storm expected to land in EDSA on Sunday are the breaking points of his resignation. His hold on power has crumbled as public sentiment hardens against him and the institution he embodied.

The Gathering Storm

I AM BACK

(Un)Common Sense

VIEW FROM CALUMPANG

MARCHANISM MANIFESTO

Echoes of the South

Red tape and red flags

Kamalayan

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