By Gonzalo Duque   FOLLOWING the recent concern expressed by no less than President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. about the hearings going on in the House of Representatives that seemed to be leading to the eventual impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte, the probe is now likely to be stopped because it…

By Gonzalo Duque   MY editor, Ermin Garcia Jr, and I met at the Bread House on De Venecia Highway last week.  Over breakfast, we discussed the possibility of teaming up on a Podcast to talk about pressing national and local issues. It might be a two-day program each week….

By Gonzalo Duque   “I am really surprised, in my more than a century in this planet, this is the first time that a concrete bridge is blown down by a typhoon. Weird!!! Something really is wrong and ugly. Wasteful expenditures of public fund. Someone must have become richer, to…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE QuadCom hearings, which some people would like to call as Tuwad Com hearings, of the House of Representatives, have been finally unmasked. They were actually organized to prepare the possible impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte. This was revealed by no less than Rep….

By Gonzalo Duque   THE Senate inquiry that heard the allegations against former President Rodrigo Duterte turned out to be a circus and a dud. Those who were expecting that former President Duterte would be cornered and make himself publicly humiliated instead become a laughing stock in the eyes of…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE typhoon season has become more calamitous. The most recent, Typhoon Kristine, has shown its devastating effect all over the country. Other typhoons are coming. Watch out, Typhoon Leon is going to roar in the coming few days. But what worries me more though is the…

By Gonzalo Duque   AS I was writing this column, I was informed that the Ombudsman has dismissed the administrative case filed against my brother, former Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III, in connection with the transfer of funds from the Department of Health to the Department of Budget and…

By Gonzalo Duque   THE ongoing investigations by the Senate and the House of Representatives relative to POGO, EJK, and illegal drugs seem to be going nowhere. Our people are beginning to see the zarzuela or circus in these probes. If they continue with the way they have been treating…

By Gonzalo Duque   WE just came to learn that House Speaker Martin Romualdez has stopped his party-mates or friends in Congress from denying or slashing the budget for the Office of the Vice President. This came about right after a press interview of Vice President Sara Duterte wherein she…

By Gonzalo Duque   IF there was one blessing in disguise during the martial law days from 1972, it was the establishment of the Batasang Pambansa following the dissolution of Congress several years back. But it seems we cannot say the same things today in light of what is happening…