PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo apparently draws much of her strength from her much-vaunted infrastructure projects, to which she devoted most of this year's state of the nation address (SONA). “We have been investing hundreds of billions in human...

...AND they are not flattering. This line was from a full-page advertisement in the Philippine Star today, in what is perhaps a last-ditch effort to influence the voting for the House speakership. Here is the full text of the advertisement: In choosing...

WITH the issue of who will be the Speaker of the 14th House of Representatives still unsettled this morning, the Lower House opened to its most raucous session in recent memory, the session hall resembling a cockpit in terms of sound and chaos. The...

THE economy will most assuredly be among the focus of this year's State of the Nation Address, as Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will be expected to bask in its growth as a major accomplishment of her administration, highlighted by a strong peso which...

THE recent Pulse Asia’s Ulat ng Bayan says that of those who are aware of the President’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), 55 percent could not decide whether they would believe the President when she delivers her seventh SONA this afternoon. And...

WHILE there’s much rejoicing over the release of Italian priest Giancarlo Bossi, a question hovers like a dark cloud over it: Did government agents abduct the relatives of his kidnappers to obtain the priest’s release? Armed Forces chief of staff Gen....

A WEEK ahead of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's State of the Nation Address wherein she is expected to trumpet the gains of the economy, a survey among 55 countries finds the Philippines continuing to lag behind in terms of global...