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Satur C. Ocampo
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Poverty, corruption, and accountability
by Satur C. Ocampo - February 1, 2025 - 12:00am
Yesterday, the protest rally that began at 1 p.m. in Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila was billed as“Kilos Bayan Laban sa Kahirapan, Korapsyon at Kawalang Pananagutan (People’s Action against Poverty, Corruption...
Phl now open to ICC probe on ‘war on drugs’
by Satur C. Ocampo - January 25, 2025 - 12:00am
More than a whiff of fresh air.
Corruption top concern for businessmen in 2025
by Satur C. Ocampo - January 18, 2025 - 12:00am
As the new year begins, it’s the flourishing corruption that the country’s business executives are most worried about, according to a survey towards yearend 2024 conducted by the Management Association...
Two bits of good news lighten up the start of 2025
by Satur C. Ocampo - January 11, 2025 - 12:00am
In the fourth quarter of 2024, about 63 percent of Filipino families (17.4 million families) considered themselves poor.
One-fifth of world’s children live amid armed conflicts
by Satur C. Ocampo - January 4, 2025 - 12:00am
While I wish everyone a happy new year, especially children, I am constrained to write about the dire plight of children living in areas of armed conflict, specifically in Palestine’s now devastated Gaza ...
Instead of peace talks, GRP dangles amnesty offer
by Satur C. Ocampo - December 28, 2024 - 12:00am
In early September this year, presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. sent a text message to The STAR saying:
Harsh penalty for Mary Jane: She did not get a fair trial
by Satur C. Ocampo - December 21, 2024 - 12:00am
Upon being returned to the Philippines last Wednesday for custody at the Correctional Institute for Women (CIW), Mary Jane Veloso pleaded to Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to grant her clemency from the unjust death penalty,...
Big unprogrammed funds contained in 2025 budget
by Satur C. Ocampo - December 14, 2024 - 12:00am
A record-high P6.149 trillion in unprogrammed funds have been inserted in the 2025 national budget approved by Congress’ bicameral conference committee this week.
Hiked use of anti-terror law under Marcos Jr.’s regime
by Satur C. Ocampo - December 7, 2024 - 12:00am
Since International Human Rights Day is being observed on Monday, let’s look now into the performance of the Marcos Jr. administration on these issues.
Marcoses asked to pay P203-B overdue estate tax
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 30, 2024 - 12:00am
Considering the devastations wrought by recent typhoons in many parts of the country, an activist group has urged Marcos Jr. and his family to pay their P203-billion estate tax deficiency that fell due 25 long years...
Marcos Jr. gifts deeper military presence to US
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 23, 2024 - 12:00am
Within two-and-a-half years in Malacañang, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has practically gifted the United States its intent to re-establish a deeper and stronger military presence and influence in the Philippine...
Gov’t to buy US missile launcher system Typhon?
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 16, 2024 - 12:00am
Discreetly flown into the country last April, the Typhon mid-range capability missile system was deployed during the 39th Balikatan US-Phl joint military exercises, held a few days later (April 22 to May 10).
Misogynist Trump, two women and the US presidency
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 9, 2024 - 12:00am
It speaks of how misogyny is so deeply embedded in the United States – and now compounded with racism and rejection of immigrants of color – that Donald Trump has beaten two women, each with formidable...
Duterte Senate testimony legally a ‘super disaster’
by Satur C. Ocampo - November 2, 2024 - 12:00am
Take it from an international law expert.
‘Calm resolve’ in WPS, but combat prep via EDCA
by Satur C. Ocampo - October 26, 2024 - 12:00am
“In the face of tension, it is your calm resolve that prevents disputes from turning into conflicts, demonstrating to the world that embracing dialogue and cooperation is the true essence of strength.&rdq...
Marcos wealth cases: Flying out the window
by Satur C. Ocampo - October 12, 2024 - 12:00am
On Oct. 4, the Sandiganbayan Second Division granted a motion by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his mother – in behalf of the Marcos Sr. estate – to dismiss an ill-gotten wealth civil case against them. Supposedly,...
Accountability to end HR violations impunity
by Satur C. Ocampo - September 21, 2024 - 12:00am
Today marks the 52nd year since the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. declared martial law across the country.
Social media backlash hits Marcos Sr. lectures
by Satur C. Ocampo - September 14, 2024 - 12:00am
Truly, the truth sets people free. In 1986, the Filipino people acted on the truth that they had long, and painfully, known. We gathered up the courage and determination to set ourselves free.
Mixed signals from gov’t on resuming peace talks
by Satur C. Ocampo - September 7, 2024 - 12:00am
The state security forces apparently have paused their periodically repeated crowing that they could – through military means – end within this year the 55-year running armed conflict between the government...
How would mutual defense pact work in WPS dispute?
by Satur C. Ocampo - August 31, 2024 - 12:00am
At a global forum in Manila in May, President Marcos Jr. warned that “if by a willful act” committed by China a Filipino is killed in the West Philippine Sea, it would be “very close” to an...
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