IN this country where governance is defined more by our public officials' narrow self-interest of ensuring their access to perks and privileges, even as charges of corruption and malfeasance spare no one, not even the Supreme Court and the Office of the...

"SURPRISE" witness Rodolfo Noel Lozada Jr. has backed out, allegedly fearing threats to his life, from testifying at today's resumption of the Senate investigation on the aborted national broadband network (NBN) deal. This leaves Jose de Venecia III, son...

WHO doesn’t like money? Even the late Chinese premier Deng Xiao Ping declared, “To be rich is glorious!” — and sparked an economic revolution in his still socialist country. But while there is no doubt hard work can get one places, it may not...

JOURNALISTS scored an initial victory when the Makati Regional Trial Court granted their petition for a temporary restraining order preventing government officials from issuing and implementing threats against members of the media covering situations...

IT used to be that turmoil in the global economy made little difference to the Philippines. Indeed, the so-called Asian financial crisis in the mid-1990s was hardly felt here. Not that we were doing so well then. In fact, it has been the opposite: we have...

FORMER Supreme Court Justice Jose A.R. Melo has been named the new chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). He replaced Benjamin Abalos Sr. who resigned in the midst of last year's scandal that linked him to the controversial national broadband...

THIS is the most exciting time to be a journalist in Asia, says Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) founder and former executive director Sheila Coronel in a keynote address at the East-West Center Media Conference held in Bangkok,...