JESSE Robredo is running for mayor for the sixth and last time this May. The reform-minded local chief executive of Naga, Bicolandia's premier city, is acknowledged as a paragon in local governance. But he surprised everyone when he announced at the last...

JESSE Robredo has logged some 16 years as mayor of Naga City -- enough time for most politicians to consolidate forces and become so entrenched in power that they turn into local bosses. Yet while there is no question that Robredo is a dominating figure...

MACTAN Island, one kilometer southeast of the island province of Cebu, is a famous rest and recreation destination in the Visayas. It is host to some of the country's world-class, pricey hotels and resorts. At its northern tip is also a popular dive spot,...

Thick black smoke from a fire that razed a residential area inside the University of the Philippines campus in Diliman last April 23 provides an eerie, Mordor-like background to a campaign streamer of administration senatoriable Michael Defensor....

SAYING that the "government is always at constant risk of being infiltrated by a group or individual for a purpose which is inimical to national interest," President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has issued an executive order that further restricts access to...

AS members of the 13th Congress intensify their campaign in their respective districts, the PCIJ looks at the legacy they leave behind vis-a-vis the budgetary support that we, as taxpayers, provided them. In this special report, some lawmakers...

GENUINE Opposition (GO) candidates are the “greenest” of all senatorial bets, the results of the 2007 Green Electoral Initiative (GEI) survey show. Topping the survey is GO candidate and political neophyte Sonia Roco, followed by Loren Legarda,...