AFTER a dictatorship, three People Power attempts, a series of failed coups and a mutiny, the Philippines remains in the throes of yet another political crisis, according to University of the Philippines sociology professor and Philippine Daily Inquirer...

WHEN Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) with then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in Helsinki during the European leg of her four-nation trip last September, she immediately heralded the...

SEVEN Asian countries, including the Philippines, are in the bottom 20 of the fifth annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index released by the international press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The Philippines is among the worst-ranked...

WEEKS before Chief Justice Artemio Panganiban admitted that there was pressure from parties interested in the people's initiative petition, six out of 10 Filipinos already said they were “unsure” that the Supreme Court will decide fairly on the...

FORMER agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn "Joc-joc" Bolante's legal battle against his continued detention suffered a major setback after the district court judge hearing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus ordered it dismissed for lack of...

NEARLY two months after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's allies at the House of Representatives threw out the second impeachment complaint against her, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) reports that more Filipinos believe it was a rushed...

BROADCAST journalist Howie Severino is used to wielding the camera and recording -- sometimes secretly -- people's reactions to his questions. But what if he finds himself at the other end of the lens? In a first-person account that is part of our...