WE continue with our report on the cars our congressmen own or use -- from left to right, top to bottom. Image 1: This 2004 Chevrolet Trail Blazer belongs to Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. of the 6th district of Manila. He also lists a Jaguar, an Isuzu...

THE military needs to acknowledge that extrajudicial killings are happening in the country and should take immediate steps to undertake a serious and methodical investigation, said the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or...

ELECTION season is said to be synonymous with jueteng season -- which is not to say that the illegal numbers game isn’t going on during other times. It’s just that elections require the kind of money that can be generated fast by the likes of jueteng,...

WITH majority of congressmen heeding Malacañang's call for Congress to hold a special session, the anti-terrorism bill was finally ratified by the House of Representatives through a voice vote last night. Civil libertarians though are gearing up for...

COULD the Supreme Court be on its way to reversing a resolution prohibiting public access to the statements of assets and liabilities of justices? Chief Justice Reynato Puno, in a roundtable discussion with The Manila Times, said he “would not...

WITH another round of Balikatan exercises formally opening tomorrow until March 4, American troops are again back in the country. Foreshadowed by the bitter row over the temporary custody of U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Daniel Smith convicted of raping a...

THE campaign period for the Senate is not even a week old, but television air time is already awash with advertisements from a host of aspirants. Senate President Manuel Villar, Jr. has probably the longest of the spots so far. In his meticulously...