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Halfway mark: Duterte presidency 'domineering' challenge to PH democracy
While quelling dissent could be 'efficient' for a president who wants to get things done, political science expert Aries Arugay says democracy is also about checks and balance
A year later, the House remains Duterte’s loyal defender
The House has consistently shown it will protect the President from his critics with Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez leading the charge
When politics and principles clash on the death penalty
18 lawmakers who voted no to the RH bill under the 15th Congress voted yes to the death penalty measure under the 17th Congress How did the Church mobilize against the two controversial measures?
When the House whips go to work for the death penalty
PART 2: Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas leads the charge to whip the votes and bring back the death penalty in the country a pet bill of President Rodrigo Duterte
Leni Robredo: The new, 'default' face of the opposition
Minority senators laud the move of the Vice President and accept her with open arms: Welcome to the minority
A 'distracted' Senate in Duterte's first 100 days
There is a huge legislative agenda but the Senate cannot really help itself but do all these investigatory hearings that often do not aid legislation an analyst says
The problem with Con-Ass? Distrust of Congress
Critics oppose the move to convene a Constituent Assembly to amend the 1987 Constitution: The 17th Congress cannot be trusted to legislate against its own
Jejomar Binay's impossible dream
UPDATED Vice President Jejomar Binay s name vast political experience and formidable political machinery are not enough to make him the 16th president of the Philippines What went wrong?
Grace Poe and the lost presidency
She had the name She had the charisma She had the lead What went wrong?
Poe admits husband is former US Air Force
A political analyst notes that Grace Poe apparently kept this information from the public
Binay ‘lackluster’ in 1st presidential debate – analysts
Members of the Vice President s camp disagree with political analysts saying he did a good job at conveying his campaign message of addressing poverty
Grace Poe 'well-practiced' for the 1st presidential debate
The presidential bet a former debater in high school says: There s really no tough questions because I prepared for it What s difficult is the lack of time
Grace Poe's campaign: Mixed messaging, disqualification woes
Aside from the disqualification issue Poe has to work on her messaging ratings and campaign organization as she campaigns to be the next president
