SEEKING to "elect into Congress at least 79 men and women of moral courage who can exact accountability" from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo through the impeachment process, the Black and White Movement launched its black list-white list campaign this...

ANVIL Publishing has recently re-issued "The Rulemakers: How the Wealthy and Well-born Dominate Congress," the PCIJ book on members of the Philippine Congress first published in 2004. Now sporting a jazzed up cover, "Rulemakers" is an important and timely...

CALLING all Filipino bloggers. The 3rd Philippine Blogging Summit is happening today and tomorrow at the School of Economics Auditorium in U.P. Diliman, Quezon City (download a location map of the venue here). The two-day event is organized by the...

STARTING today, we'll have a photo of the week feature as part of our 2007 election coverage. The theme will obviously revolve around election-related activities but with particular emphasis on images -- from the interesting to the inane -- that document...

FINDING one's hometown unchanged after decades have passed may be comforting for some, but for those who live in places like Cabangan, Zambales the lack of progress can be quite depressing. About 186 kms north of Manila and practically next door to Subic...

THERE were no hospitals in Cordon, Isabela when Inesita Javonillo was a child. Now, the 72-year-old Javonillo is the medical director of her own hospital. All four of her children have followed in her footsteps, with her youngest child about to earn his...

ISABELA province has been called the Queen of the Philippine North, but for most of the last three decades or so, it has been known more for being the bastion of the powerful Dy clan, as well as for illegal logging. Since 2004, however, Isabela has also...