Jarius Bondoc
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Sara calls trial ‘sarswela’ as hard evidence pile up (opens the original)
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VP Sara Duterte called her impeachment trial a “sarswela” where proof of her hidden wealth mounted. House prosecutors rebuked her for her second belittling of the Senate impeachment court. “Sarswela” is Filipino for the zarzuela Saramusical theater of the late 1800s to early 1900s. It’s also metaphor for “theatrics, histrionics.” The past two weeks’ hearings focused on Sara’s yearly statements of assets, liabilities and net worth, 2007-2025. Those covered her terms as Davao city vice mayor, mayo
Veto sought vs election delay / No choice but to hike fares (opens the original)
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Veto the postponement of barangay elections. That will spare Bongbong Marcos from presidential embarrassment. Forty-two-year-long election lawyer Romy Macalintal wrote BBM twice to uphold suffrage. Frequent arbitrary resetting of barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) violates the right to vote and be voted upon. If granted Malacañang audience, Macalintal will explain to BBM the frivolities of the postponement bill: • The October 2022 BSKE was delayed by a year to October 2023. Still
Here’s how corruption begins at barangay, youth councils (opens the original)
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It’s an open secret that our youths learn corruption at the Sangguniang Kabataan. That’s because of the bad influence of elders in barangay councils. There’s a “kontratista” at the barangay council. He is usually a friend of the chairman and council members. They let him handle all purchases and expenditures. These range from multimillion-peso construction of barangay halls or acquisition of service vehicles, all the way to the smallest birthday gift to senior citizens and snacks during council
Bad enough to be jailed, worse to go blind there (opens the original)
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Once again I give space to these reports by Jamaica Mae Digo of Tzu Chi Eye Clinic: Weeks ago medical director Dr. Bernardita Navarro received 20 persons deprived of liberty for consultations and performed cataract surgery on seven more. They came from the maximum-, medium- and minimum-security compounds of New Bilibid Prison, Muntinlupa. The Bureau of Corrections brought them to the Eye Center in Sta. Mesa, Manila. PDLs who used to be cataract-blind returned for post-operative checkups. Unlike
‘Lakambini: Gregoria de Jesus,’ ‘Edjop’: Biopics on two little-known heroes (opens the original)
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For weeks after Andres Bonifacio’s execution, Gregoria de Jesus searched the mountains of Maragondon, Cavite for his remains. She felt it her duty as wife and keeper of the Katipunan’s top secrets to give the Supremo a proper burial. Though hardened by three years of revolution, her mission was daunting. She trekked dawn to dusk, eating only what the forest offered: unripened fruits. All in vain. “My grimy tattered clothing wouldn’t have kindled had I tried to burn it,” she remarked. That was on
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