WHILE the Philippine National Police (PNP) considers the case closed, other experts continue to doubt the results of the investigation on the Glorietta 2 blast that left 11 people killed and 108 injured in October last year. It doesn’t help that the...

THOSE familiar with American political scientist Paul D. Hutchcroft and his writings on Philippine politics and political economy, notably "Booty Capitalism: The Politics of Banking in the Philippines," would probably be interested to read his latest...

DESPITE an increase in family incomes between 2003 and 2006, income disparity among Filipino families only slightly declined, with the richest 10 percent still accounting for more than a third of total family income in the country. Final results of the...

ADMINISTRATION of the Mindanao State University (MSU), the premier learning institution in the Southern Philippines, has rightfully reverted to how it should be: in the hands of a professional educator who is organic to the university. Last Monday,...

THE New People’s Army (NPA) will celebrate its 39th anniversary in March this year, and with it a vow to annihilate all its enemies until it seizes nationwide political power. The decades-old, Maoist-led war is one of Asia’s longest-running...

VARIOUS groups insist that the Arroyo administration permanently lift the 12-percent value added tax (VAT) on petroleum products, nationalize the oil industry and immediately repeal the oil deregulation law to give the public a respite from the continued...