Once is an accident, twice a coincidence, three times a pattern. Or so goes the saying that may apply—and not in a good way—to the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) that was hit for the second time this year by fire that caused the temporary evacuation of more than a hundred patients and closure of its chronically packed emergency room.The Bureau of Fire Protection said the fire started at 11:16 p.m. at a storage room near the
A foreigner who reads our country’s raging political news for the first time would think that Rodrigo Duterte remains the reigning ruler of the Republic of the Philippines, and not Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This impression would stem from how audacious Duterte criticizes President Marcos, and how brazenly scathing the language of criticism he dishes out against the latter. As early as November 2021, as incumbent president, Duterte unmistakably alluded to Mr. Marcos as a cocaine user. On Jan. 28, 2024, already as ex-president, Duterte outrightly accused Mr. Marcos as a drug addict, in profane-filled language. On April 11, 2024, Duterte repeated
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