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Ana Marie Pamintuan
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Where our taxes go
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - June 3, 2026 - 12:00am
The Senate minority walked out on Tuesday last week because the majority was moving to railroad an amendment of their rules that would allow senators who are in hiding or detained without bail to participate in deliberations...
Dissatisfaction
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - June 1, 2026 - 12:00am
The plunge in President Marcos’ satisfaction rating in the first quarter was expected.
Saving the Senate
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 29, 2026 - 12:00am
After redefining “forthwith,” the pestilence infesting the Senate is now moving to redefine “force majeure.”
Con-ass, no-el
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 27, 2026 - 12:00am
With trust in the Senate at an abysmal low and taxpayers enraged by the millions in people’s money wasted on ghost employees and other lowlifes in that chamber, you have to be tone-deaf or high on something...
The lesser evil
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 25, 2026 - 12:00am
A new division has emerged in the Senate, which is complicating alliances and the leadership change that’s in the works.
Finding Bato
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 22, 2026 - 12:00am
There’s only one way for law enforcement agencies to redeem themselves from their epic failure last week to catch Sen. Ronald dela Rosa: reverse the failure and capture him.
Teka-teka Junior
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 20, 2026 - 12:00am
Think about it: if the highest paid ghost employee in government, MIA Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, had resisted arrest on suspicion of any offense in the previous administration, he would have been shot dead on the spot,...
Fooling people
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 18, 2026 - 12:00am
You can tell the level of public disgust by the amount of jokes circulating about the person, institution or issue.
National disgrace
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 15, 2026 - 12:00am
Just when you think the Senate has sunk to a record low, it plumbs new depths.
Sanctuary
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 13, 2026 - 12:00am
As far back as Dec. 11, 2009, we already had a law governing crimes against humanity.
Trial is not optional
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 11, 2026 - 12:00am
Section 3(4), Article XI of the 1987 Constitution states: “In case the verified complaint or resolution of impeachment is filed by at least one-third of all the Members of the House, the same shall constitute...
Into the twilight
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 8, 2026 - 12:00am
Those hoping to have a long life should also work to make it a healthy one.
Politics and accountability
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 6, 2026 - 12:00am
There are pro and anti-impeachment congressmen.
Surviving impeachment
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 4, 2026 - 12:00am
All indications point to the House of Representatives impeaching Vice President Sara Duterte.
April fooled
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - May 1, 2026 - 12:00am
If President Marcos wants to preserve his credibility, he should fire whoever fed him the information that he deemed to be solid enough for him to announce that Zaldy Co had already been caught – “nahuli...
Cognitive decline
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 29, 2026 - 12:00am
After learning of my just-departed mother’s affliction, visitors at her wake have been sharing stories of their own loved ones’ manifestations of dementia and apparent Alzheimer’s Disease.
Goodbye, mommy
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 27, 2026 - 12:00am
A large, exquisite black and white butterfly with a long tail greeted me and two companions as we entered Funeraria Paz at the Manila Memorial Park in Sucat last Saturday afternoon.
Invictus
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 24, 2026 - 12:00am
Within just two days, the Duterte clan suffered three serious blows.
Not invincible
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 22, 2026 - 12:00am
Her trust ratings are still slightly up in the latest poll, and she remains the frontrunner in the 2028 presidential race in a survey to be released by OCTA Research.
A tell-all, maybe
by Ana Marie Pamintuan - April 20, 2026 - 12:00am
With soon Manila-bound, will we be finding out where all the bodies are buried?
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