SUCH a wonderful time to be a kid -- a kid who reads, that is. Now bookstores offer an enclave for children’s books, where children of all ages can lounge and browse their favorite books for free. And the selections are as varied as the kids who...

BRIBING for public sector contracts has declined significantly in Metro Manila, but in all regions surveyed, corruption is still pervasive in the public sector. These were the main findings of the seventh Business Survey on Corruption made public by...

THE PCIJ won the second and third prizes in the explanatory report category in the 18th Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ). Vinia Mukherjee's "Preparing for Disaster," published in the March-June 2006 i Report, won the second...

ALTHOUGH children nowadays are learning their ABCs through all sorts of media, including TV and the computer, children’s books are holding their own, and remain essential tools in educating the young. But while many children from the upper and...

THERE is actually nothing new about the revelations made last week by Finance Secretary Margarito Teves that some members of the House of Representatives in the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) have been demanding either money or favors in...

FOR a region smack right in the ring of fire and the eye of the storm, Bicol, suggests poet Frank Peñones Jr., ought to harbor a constant need for writers. Because, as he explains, a future left to political leaders whose primary concern is to perpetuate...

BREASTFEEDING advocates have found a natural ally in environmentalists in their raging battle against pharmaceutical and milk companies over the suspended implementation of stricter rules governing the promotion of breast-milk...