THE PCIJ blog was adjudged the Best News and Media Blog at the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards held tonight at the Podium 4, RCBC Theater, RCBC Building in Makati. Winners in the other main categories were the following: Personal: Misteryosa Technology:...

TWENTY-ONE years after Edsa, the country is still mired in poverty and the rule of law, public accountability, and the basic rules of governance continue to be set aside, a group of political analysts and human rights lawyers said. Talking at a forum...

CONTROVERSIAL ex-elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano is facing a member of the Acosta power clan in the fight for the first congressional district of Bukidnon. Ma. Lourdes 'Malou' Acosta, 38, has filed her candidacy for the congressional...

FOR more than half a century now, the Osmeña clan has dominated the political landscape of Cebu, which rivals Manila in terms of economic importance and political influence. But since 1986, another family has been gaining considerable political ground in...

UNITED Nations special rapporteur Philip Alston gave an oral report to the UN Human Rights Council yesterday of the preliminary findings and recommendations in connection with his 10-day visit to the country in February to investigate extrajudicial...

CULTURES change, and there is hardly anything anybody can do about it. As people move around, interact with others, and learn new things, their ways and norms evolve, and who is to say if it is for the better or worse? But for those who come earlier, the...

IN Bukidnon recently for an assignment, I asked among some residents of the first congressional district whether or not they will vote for Garci in the mid-term elections in May. Garci, of course, is Virgilio Garcillano, former elections commissioner who...