THE ongoing evacuation of Filipinos from Lebanon has, coincidentally, put the spotlight on the hardships being faced by migrant domestic helpers. Television news is replete with images of tearful women, most of whom had worked as maids in the strife-torn...

IT LOOKS like a lovingly put together fan club site, complete with news clips and photographs -- except that it's a fan club for rebel officers of the armed forces. The Sundalo Tagapagtanggol ng Pilipino website claims that it was put up by "various...

The Congressional Planning and Budget Department (CPBD), the House of Representatives' think tank, has outlined its proposed priority legislation which it says will help realize the country's development agenda. The measures are grouped into five...

NEW technologies have spawned a changing media environment that now makes it possible for everyone to create, store, and experience content different from traditional print, radio and TV. The age of multimedia has ushered in a new way of storytelling that...

BANGKOK -- Today's papers scream with the astounding news that rocked this city yesterday: three election commissioners accused of malfeasance have been jailed, after being sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Criminal Court. It was a spectacle...

AMNESTY International has welcomed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's public condemnation of political killings in the country, and challenged her to “take determined action” to prevent further incidents. "It is encouraging that President Arroyo...

IT was by far the longest, most applauded, highly interactive and technology-driven state of the nation address that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has so far delivered. The clear intent, according to Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye, was to depart from the regular...