WHEN J.R. Nereus ‘Neric’ Acosta took over his mother’s seat in Congress in 1998, not a few raised eyebrows. His mother, after all, was considered a new brand of politico, one who did not take to the ways of the traditional politician or trapo. But...

THE PCIJ blog is vying for the honor of Best News and Media Blog after having been chosen as one of five finalists in the said category of the 2007 Philippine Blog Awards. The awarding will be on March 31, 2007 at 6 p.m. at Podium 4, RCBC Theater,...

THE Permanent Peoples' Tribunal based in The Hague, The Netherlands handed down a guilty verdict yesterday against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Philippine government for "crimes against humanity" in connection with charges of extrajudicial killings,...

IF the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) performs its function properly in the upcoming elections, then it will dispel the questions that led to its late accreditation, according to the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting...

THE recent Social Weather Stations survey showing a record-high 19-percent hunger incidence among Filipinos has elicited yet another callous response from Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who said that she too had experienced going hungry once. "Even I have...

A PRINCIPAL author of the Code of Ethics for government officials has scored the Supreme Court's policy of prohibiting public access to the statements of assets and liabilities of justices. “I think it's absurd,” Atty. Rene Saguisag said in an...

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's call "to spend on the basics first before the luxuries so our children will have enough to eat" is basic human rights violation, according to Edwin Nacpil, chairperson of the Kalipunan ng Samahang Maralita sa Pilipinas...