(This post was written with Philip Ney, a Canadian undergraduate student currently working on his internship at the PCIJ.) YESTERDAY marked the 35th anniversary of the imposition of martial law in the country that ushered in 14 brutal years of the...

ON the cover page of the document signed by Transportation and Communications Secretary Leandro Mendoza on behalf of the Philippine government in Baoa in the Chinese province of Hainan last April 21, 2007, the title reads: "Contract for the Supply of...

AS a matter of public concern, we are reproducing in text form the Powerpoint presentation of Transportation and Communications Assistant Secretary Lorenzo Formoso III. In the Senate hearing today, Formoso said the controversial Chinese company Zhong...

A BARRAGE of denials has come from the camp of the Arroyos in reaction to Jose de Venecia III's Senate testimony last Tuesday that implicated First Gentleman Jose Miguel 'Mike' Arroyo to the controversial National Broadband Network project. Even the...

THE Chinese company now in the middle of the controversy surrounding the Arroyo administration's initiative to set up a $329-million national broadband network to link government offices, Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Limited (ZTE...

COMMISSION on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. was not feeling well. His cure: hot soup. But not just any soup from any kitchen. It had to be from one of the four international restaurants at the posh, five-star Shangri-La Hotel in Makati. His...

BELOW is the full text of the statement read under oath by Jose de Venecia III at the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing this morning on the controversial National Broadband Network (NBN) contract: Recent events, interviews, and news reports have...