POLITICAL killings in the country have reached a critical point, with over 200 murders recorded this year. It's the highest number that has been tallied since the dictator Ferdinand Marcos was ousted in 1986, according to the human rights alliance...

WE end the i Report series on political predictions for 2010 with a very short piece by musical artist Joey Ayala. Known for his use of native instruments to produce a unique, contemporary sound, Ayala shares some thoughts on how he will be keeping his...

WHEN even the young have trouble being optimistic, you just know the going just ain’t good. Lea Sicat, a 20-something grade-school teacher who wrote the latest piece in i Report’s current series on political predictions for 2010, says she just...

IT’S written in the cards. Fervent prayers will be needed for what lies ahead, says fortune teller Gloria Yasay, better known as Ate Glo. We are in for tumultuous times — nothing new perhaps. If Ate Glo’s predictions come true, elections will...

JOURNALISTS are filing a civil class action suit against presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo today at the Makati regional trial court in response to the flurry of libel cases he has filed since 2003 -- 10 against 45 members of the press, a number...

SO how did you spend Christmas? With your family, right? Or at least that’s what you would have wanted. If there is anything that defines the Filipino, that is our close ties to our family. But the Filipino family has been getting redefined and...

THE exoneration of government officials implicated in the wiretapping controversy that started in June last year and almost toppled the Arroyo government is now complete with former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano cleared of charges that he...