IF YOU are Pinoy, you know Nonoy Marcelo, the legendary creator of some of the most well-loved Filipino comic strips like Ikabod and Tisoy. You know Larry Alcala too, the creator of Slice of Life, where the cartoonist hid an image of himself for readers...

2005 was "a horrific year" for journalists attempting to report on conflict, corruption and other illegal activities, with 65 of them getting killed in the line of duty, the International Press Institute (IPI) said in a report. The media watchdog, in...

THE World Bank says the Philippine economy will perform better this year, as private consumption helped by strong remittance flows continues to drive growth. In its latest economic report for East Asia and the Pacific, the Washington-based lending...

(UPDATED) FIFTY-ONE lawmakers yesterday filed House Resolution No. 1211, declaring that the Senate and House of Representatives must vote separately before any amendments to the 1987 Constitution could be introduced. “A bicameral system of...

CLAIMING that the conclusions made by the House Joint Committee that looked into the "Gloriagate" scandal were "safe and indecisive," minority congressmen came out with their own report yesterday and even recommended that former elections commissioner...

A SERIES of text messages forwarded to various news organizations yesterday sent reporters rushing to the Edsa Horizon Hotel (formerly the Byron Hotel) along Edsa in Mandaluyong. They had been told that mysterious boxes were being hauled into the hotel...

THE Senate yesterday passed a resolution saying the ongoing signature campaign to amend the 1987 Constitution through barangay assemblies is "illegal." Resolution No. 478, signed by 21 senators, said there is no law enabling such an implementation of...