WE all have heard the official account of what happened at Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan on March 14 this year. During the routine 6.30 a.m.-headcount at the maximum security facility, jailed members of the Abu Sayyaf grabbed the weapons of their...

IF you want to feel good, visit a nearby public school this week and witness how teachers, parents and the community are chipping in labor and materials to repair and prepare the schools for the start of classes on June 6. The weeklong Brigada Eskwela...

FOR journalists and researchers scouring for data on the beleaguered holders of Pacific Plans' traditional educational plans, the techno-savvy planholders maintain a lively, information-packed e-group, no2pep2010,  on top of the blog...

BELOW is the statement issued today by the Philippine Press Council, a self-policing body within the Philippine Press Institute. The statement condemns the killings of journalists but also encourages those who feel aggrieved by press reports to seek...

NEWSPAPERS today carried reports saying the Department of Finance will file charges against two officials of the Bureau of Customs for violating the country’s laws on graft, including RA 3019. A DoF official quoted in the papers said the two...

GOOD governance is a buzz word in the international community. (Along with, among others, gender and development and ICT. People are coming to realize that in order to attain better quality of life, there are more important things to harp about than the...

IS all the noise about the impunity with which the killers of journalists are able to get away with their crimes having a perverse effect? By railing against the killings, are we also not sending the message that since the murderers manage to elude...