ALTHOUGH majority of Filipinos remain hopeful about the country, the number of those who feel the Philippines is a hopeless case has substantially leapt from 11 percent last July to 23 percent in October of this year, the latest Pulse Asia survey...

PRESIDENT Arroyo named today her chief legal counsel, Merceditas Navarro-Gutierrez, as the new Ombudsman despite concerns earlier raised over the latter's close ties to the First Family. Gutierrez, 56, and Arroyo’s husband were classmates...

READERS who expressed interest in getting a copy of the temporary restraining order (TRO) imposed by Quezon City Regional Trial Court Judge Ralph Lee on the PCIJ blog post "Mike Defensor's expert" about Jonathan Tiongco can now download the...

IN what media rights advocates say is "a decisive victory for press freedom," a former policeman has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the 2002 killing of Pagadian City journalist Edgar Damalerio. Guillermo Wapile was found guilty by a...

IN the past two days, former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano has appeared on television and newspapers wearing different headgear — first a checkered scarf normally worn by Moros and Mindanao indigenous peoples, and later, a batik cap....

ATTIRED in what appeared to be a sahal or Muslim headscarf and looking none the worse for wear, controversial former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano finally surfaced today, saying in an interview aired on Philippine television that his...

WITH the expiration of a 20-day temporary restraining order (TRO) imposed on this blog, the PCIJ has reposted the article, "Mike Defensor's Expert," which was taken down on Nov. 4 in compliance with the order of a Quezon City judge. This was...