IN his speech before the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa) last Monday, former President Fidel Ramos criticized the lackadaisical efforts of the Arroyo government to reform the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and modernize the electoral...

ARE Manileños polite or rude? Well, they are a little on the rude side, according to a “behavior test” conducted by Reader's Digest in various cities across the globe. Manila ranked 23rd out of the 36 cities, scoring positively in less than half of...

EVEN as a broad range of groups are uniting against attempts to amend the 1987 constitution, former President Fidel V. Ramos made another pitch for charter change, arguing that "the parliamentary system will enable our people to replace an oppressive,...

AN ambitious measure has been filed today at the House of Representatives seeking to establish a quota for the proportion of women occupying elective and appointive positions in government beginning in 2007. House Bill 5496, or the Gender Balance Act...

SETTING aside partisan interests, a group of concerned citizens has come together to initiate a non-partisan movement clamoring for real change. Calling itself One Voice, the group acknowledges that there is a need for a consensus around peaceful and...

LAST week's resignation of Marines chief of staff Col. Orlando de Leon citing a politicized military among his reasons only highlights the woes that continue to plague the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) since the time of Marcos, but which has...

LEO Oracion and Erwin Emata, the first Filipinos to summit Mount Everest, have announced their support to the campaign to preserve the Biak-na-Bato park in Bulacan; on June 26, they will trek to the park to demonstrate that support. “It is the team's...