AS various religious and civic groups filed another impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo hours before she delivered her State of the Nation Address today, a lawmaker dismissed it, and the others before it, as a "mere scrap of...

IN her State of the Nation Address (SONA) today, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo promised economic reforms and a long list of big-ticket infrastructure projects that, according to her, will help put the country “on the path to prosperity.” “I am...

DID the government achieve its job creation targets last year? Unfortunately, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's much-applauded State of the Nation Address (SONA) today was silent on this matter. But in anticipation of the speech before Congress, the government...

NEWLY elected Senate president Manuel Villar, Jr. opened today the 3rd regular session of the 13th Congress with a promise to "unequivocally uphold" the Senate’s independence as an instrument of checking government. "My leadership shall remain faithful...

THE House of Representatives dedicates itself to the task of going beyond partisan interests and, through a collective effort, "make both our country and ourselves better." Thus vowed House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. as he declared open at 10 this...

AS President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo prepares for what Malacañang says will not be a "rhetorical" State of the Nation Address this afternoon, heavy rains brought by a strong typhoon threaten to dampen anti-government protests set to coincide with the...

ON the eve of a promised glitzy State of the Nation Address before Congress, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo continues to be distrusted by a "big plurality" of Filipinos who also remains critical of her performance, Pulse Asia disclosed today. The polling firm's...