A COALITION of civil society organizations and left-wing groups has filed charges of human rights violations against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo before the Permanent People's Tribunal (PPT) in Rome, Italy. In the summary of charges submitted to...

THE last in our i Report October series on voyeurs and exhibitionists takes a look at how technology has unwittingly enhanced the activities of voyeurs in the Philippines and taken their “game” into an entirely new level. These days, celebrities...

IF the surreptitiously negotiated and hurriedly signed Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) is making environmentalists jittery over the issue of toxic and hazardous waste trade, it's because of one word: precedent. No matter how the...

WHERE have all the Filipinas gone? When last we asked this question back in 1995 in a feature in i magazine, data from the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) placed the number of newly hired overseas workers at 258,984. Almost 60 percent of...

BAYAN Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo was unable to travel to Japan this morning due to a hold departure order issued by Department of Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez. Ocampo was set to meet with members of the Japanese Parliament and Filipino and Japanese...

ONCE confined to banks and selected government offices, close-circuit television systems (CCTVs) are now in many of the malls (especially those in Makati), bus stations, LRT and MRT, hotel lobbies and elevators, and airports. There are even cameras on a...

“IT’s a sweet victory,” said former elections chair Christian Monsod, following yesterday's historic Supreme Court ruling that dismissed the administration-backed people’s initiative petition. But Monsod, spokesperson of the anti-Charter change...