IN the wake of continued harassment from government officials, members of the media are turning to the courts to protect their rights and freedom. Journalists are set to file a class suit and ask for other legal remedies against the Philippine National...

PINOYS are notorious for living as if there were no tomorrow, but then if one’s stash of cash is barely enough to last the whole day, is that really surprising? After all, this is a country where millions of families subsist on a pack of instant noodles...

IGNORANCE of the basics of human rights — even on the part of some reporters — is abetting the continuing occurrence of summary executions, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, illegal detentions, harassment and disappearances. This was the...

AFTER almost a decade, a bill that may spell the difference between health and death is on the verge of finally being enacted into law. Seeking to ensure access to affordable, quality medicines by majority of poor Filipinos, the measure will no doubt be...

AS in barya. That’s what most Pinoys have in their pockets at the start of each year — that is, if there is anything there at all. After that bacchanalia that we call our extended Christmas season, we usually face each coming year with full hearts but...

EVEN as Malacañang continues to keep the public in the dark about the short list of nominees for the next chair and two new commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), a committee of electoral reform advocates is recommending its own choices...

THE Philippine peso was the best performing currency in Asia in 2007, appreciating by 19 percent against the U.S. dollar. The country's GDP in the first three quarters of last year also grew at 7.1 percent and is hailed as the "highest in 30...