By Gonzalo Duque   AS the mid-term election draws nearer, the COMELEC is again placed in a hot spot because of its inability to remove all illegally-placed and oversized campaign paraphernalia of the senatorial and local candidates, among other issues. Its failure to monitor the expenses of the national and local…

By Gonzalo Duque   RECENT developments in our country may not look good for the Marcos administration in the light of the “illegal” arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte. In my previous columns, I wrote that unless there is a  “triggering factor” where the administration of PBBM might suffer defeat…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE withdrawal of Senator Imee Marcos from the Alyansa ng Mamamayang Pilipino, otherwise known as the administration ticket, will greatly affect the senatorial ticket of her brother, PBBM, in the forthcoming election. Because of Imee’s move, we learned that some of the candidates of the administration…

By Gonzalo Duque   NOW that the preliminary hearing on former President Rodrigo Duterte’s case by the Internal Criminal Court has been concluded, we learned that one of the confirmed lawyers for Duterte, British-Israeli Nicholas Kaufman, said with confidence that the case of FPRRD is an easy one, both for…

By Gonzalo Duque   A lot of events had been unfolding before our eyes during the last few days. Of course, the latest and biggest is the alleged “kidnapping” of former President Rodrigo Duterte by Philippine authorities led by P/Maj Gen. Nicolas Torre. Many legal luminaries have started questioning the…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE Supreme Court is proving to be the last bulwark of our democracy as it continues to probe into the legalities of the transfer of billions of pesos of PhilHealth funds to the national treasury to support the unprogrammed appropriations of Congress, particularly, its public works…

By Gonzalo Duque   IT’S really surprising that a lot of cases are now being heard by the Supreme Court. Among these are the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, which she herself filed before the high tribunal, the transfer of PhilHealth funds to the national treasury, the 2025 General…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE spectacle of the campaign period vis-à-vis the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte is about to unfold before our eyes. Whoever sent that guy to bring a case before the Supreme Court for the immediate trial of VP Sara before the Senate did not know…

By Gonzalo Duque   I observed that Mayor Belen Fernandez and former Councilor Chito Samson have started their respective podcasts.   That’s good. The more, the merrier.   And they can make use of their podcasts as a vehicle to expound on their programs and accomplishments.   Anyways, anyone can…

By Gonzalo Duque   A lot of things are unfolding before our eyes. For one, the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte now becomes an issue in the forthcoming May elections. Surely, the opposition will use this as an opportunity to paint the evil side of the present leadership of…