IN the aftermath of the Philippine Daily Inquirer story on Jim Paredes, apologies have been exchanged between the involved parties -- Inquirer publisher Isagani Yambot for the "inaccurate and unfair" headline that accompanied the report, Paredes and...

TO those, including myself, who are old enough to remember the Marcos era, the current rash of political killings and the use of strong-arm tactics against the communist insurgency are all too familiar. We've seen it all before. Indeed, it often seems...

THE PCIJ is providing a list showing how members of the House of Representatives voted on the impeachment complaint this morning and how they voted last year. Seven congressmen reversed their votes in last year's impeachment by voting this year to junk...

ON August 21, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo issued Administrative Order No. 157 creating an independent commission to probe the killings of media workers and activists. Led by former Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose Melo, the other appointees are...

(UPDATED) GREENPEACE today warned that mining on Rapu-Rapu island in Albay, if allowed to be operated full-scale, will result in “an ecological disaster for the local ecology.” The international environmental group issued its warning as it made public...

DANIEL Cabangangan, officer-in-charge of the Boys Town Complex in Marikina City, has been dismissed from his post after being found guilty of charges that he had abused some of the facility's wards. The Manila City government --- which runs the home...

The House of Representatives this morning junked the second impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Voting 173-32, with one abstention, the Lower House adopted the justice committee's report endorsing the dismissal of the...