THEY said they were taken in broad daylight on February 14, 2006 by armed men of the 7th Infantry Division in Luzon which was then under the command of Major General Jovito Palparan. And for 18 months they were tortured almost every day. They were...

IT'S no secret that in the Philippines, we tend to spoil our men. But it seems all that babying is not doing the Filipino male any good. Indeed, the supposed favored status that boys enjoy while they are growing up seems to work against them years...

FORMER intelligence agent Vidal Doble Jr. has surfaced to claim that the recordings of phone conversations allegedly between Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano are genuine, serving only to revive interest in the...

IN the latest twist to the tale of the "Hello, Garci" tapes, the Senate has reopened the investigation into the recordings after Sen. Panfilo Lacson delivered a privilege speech and former Philippine Air Force Technical Sergeant Vidal Doble Jr. surfaced...

THE issue of U.S. involvement in the war on terror being waged in the Philippines has again surfaced with sightings of "heavily-armed U.S. Special Forces" in Mindanao as government troops began military offensives against the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu and...

ONLINE media provided comprehensive coverage of the 2007 elections and served as a "perfect complement" to traditional media by providing a thorough discussion of important issues that were not given enough information by the latter. This was a key...

WHEN the full text of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) was finally made public in October last year, it confirmed fears, particularly of environmentalists, that the bilateral trade pact involved the entry of Japan's hazardous...