OPINION: The tragedy that has befallen the Senate is not that it has become a deeply divided chamber. Divisions, after all, are part of any genuine democracy. The greater tragedy is that after the unprecedented chaos that the Senate has endured, the near-total collapse of what remained of its credibility and the spectacle of embarrassing itself before the world, no bloc has emerged sufficiently hegemonic to lead the institution’s rise from the ashes. tinyurl.com/yc3bz35k

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‘HINDI TOTOO YUNG POVERTY FORECAST NIYO’ Filipinos who spend a little more than P21.3 per meal are not considered food poor, according to the government’s current metrics to measure poverty. Read: philstar.com/business/2024/0…