The biggest misunderstanding about impeachment in the Philippines is that it is simply a trial for crimes or felonies. It isn't. It is something rarer and, arguably, more powerful.
Cockfighting has always occupied a peculiar corner of the Filipino psyche. It is at once sport, spectacle, business, culture—and depending on whom you ask, either cherished heritage or a tradition overdue for reckoning.
The Philippines has earned an economic promotion. The World Bank now classifies it as an upper-middle-income economy, a milestone reached after years of growth and a steady post-pandemic recovery under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.