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    The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has flagged corruption and a flurry of other barriers to trade with the Philippines that the US government seeks to dismantle, in a report released just days before President Donald Trump’s announcement of reciprocal...

OF SUBSTANCE AND SPIRIT Diwa C. Guinigundo Corruption will definitely be a big issue in the May 2022 election. The continuing Senate investigation points to some conspiracy to make big money out of the pandemic. This is not without social cost. Many Filipinos paid for it with their lives because...

President Duterte said he was willing to stand by Health Secretary Francisco Duque despite questions about how the Department of Health (DOH) handled billions of coronavirus (COVID-19) funds, even if it would cause his downfall. President Duterte and Health Secretary Francisco Duque III...