SENATOR Aquilino Pimentel Jr. is the acknowledged "Father of Philippine Local Autonomy," having authored the Local Government Code which was enacted in 1991 in accordance with the 1987 Constitution's declared State policy to ensure the autonomy of local...

WHEN the Local Government Code was launched more than 15 years ago, pessimism was rife that devolving services and programs to local governments would have dismal repercussions. Today, however, many local governments are showing that they have not only...

MYTHS about leprosy were dispelled yesterday at the second global appeal to end discrimination against people affected by the disease. About 300 people, including world health officials and former leprosy patients, gathered at the Philippine International...

THE Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines is determined to ensure that this year's elections will be credible and free of violence. This year's elections will be critical, according to the CBCP, as the country cannot afford another election...

THERE'S no way one would have forgotten Zambales Governor Vicente Magsaysay's birthday last Saturday. There were constant reminders all over the province. Banners saying “Happy Birthday, Govic” were strung on trees on the main highway, or strapped on...

REPRODUCTIVE health may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one is trying to think of development strategies, and it wouldn’t be surprising if development wasn’t really inside any of Ifugao Governor Glenn Prudenciano’s thought bubbles...

ONCE again, former President Corazon Aquino is calling for people power -- this time, to reduce poverty. Aquino has convened a private sector social consortium to form PinoyME, or Filipino Micro-enterprise. After a year's existence, PinoyME was...