Archive for July, 2005

July 27, 2005 · Posted in: General

Special edition of i Report on CD

SOME of our readers have preferred to have their copy of the special issue of i Report on the "Gloria-Garci" tapes on CD. For those who have yet to purchase the magazine and intend to get the CD copy, they can email our marketing desk for their...

July 27, 2005 · Posted in: Governance

SWS: Bribery worsens in Davao

THE proportion of businessmen in Metro Manila being asked to fork over bribes for transactions with government appears to have shrunk, but not in Metro Davao where more businessmen report they had been asked for bribes in the past year. The Social...

July 26, 2005 · Posted in: In the News

A “confused” armed forces

IF no “constructive group” has emerged yet from the Armed Forces, it’s because military intelligence is keeping a close watch on political dissent from the ranks since the political crisis started in early June, says former Army...

July 25, 2005 · Posted in: In the News

Much applause, few surprises

LOOKING triumphant after seven weeks of a crippling political crisis, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo told Congress today that the political system had become a hindrance to economic growth and that it needed to be changed. She proposed that Congress be...

July 25, 2005 · Posted in: In the News

SONA technical report

PRES. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's much anticipated address before Congress has just started. But what should prove meatier for Filipinos to pore over after the obligatory raves and brickbats have died down is the technical report made available at gov.ph...

July 25, 2005 · Posted in: In the News

Lights, camera, impeachment

OPPOSITION representatives filed at 9.30 this morning the amended impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The number of signatories fell short of the 79 that would have shortcut the process and allowed the complainants to directly...

July 25, 2005 · Posted in: General, In the News

The unmaking of the President

ON the occasion of the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo today, we are posting on our website the overview article of the i Report special issue, "The Unmaking of the President." Written by Sheila Coronel, the...