THE latest issue of i Report (see right sidebar for the image of the cover) is now available on a pay-per-download scheme. We have already fixed earlier problems experienced by those who tried to download the i Report special issue. The PDF file is only...

HARD times have forced more than half a million high school students and 336,000 post-secondary students to quit school this year, according to Pulse Asia’s July 2005 nationwide survey. In addition, 168,000 elementary students did not enroll this...

THE Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines issued a statement yesterday saying the search for truth must continue, guided by the principles of law and the "moral principles of justice and the common good." The Bishops appealed to...

THE PCIJ's latest story, a one-part report by Malou Mangahas, a member of the PCIJ board of editors, uncovers a million-dollar contract signed by the Arroyo government to retain the services of an American law firm to lobby for charter change in the U.S....

NET satisfaction with Vice President Noli de Castro and three other top government officials has gone up, according to the Social Weather Stations’ third quarter survey. Their ratings: De Castro: +39 in August this year, from +22 last May ...

VETERAN activist and human rights lawyer Haydee Yorac passed away at 6:30 this morning (Manila time) in Chicago. She had been suffering from uterine cancer and sustained a mild stroke in 2003. She was 64 years old. Yorac's passing is an...

WITH Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's surprise designation of Lt. Gen. Edilberto Adan as chief of the Southern Command (Southcom) already fanning discontent within an already restive military, another presidential appointment of a military man is also...