PEOPLE power icon and former President Corazon Aquino is suffering from cancer of the colon, a condition which was confirmed after a medical check-up prompted by her high blood pressure, difficulty in breathing, unexplained weight loss, and lack of...

ALMOST two weeks ago, the Philippines earned the dubious distinction of being the worst rated country in terms of perceived corruption for two consecutive years based on the annual survey conducted by the Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk...

WE feature on the blog this timely essay written by Steven Rood, country representative of The Asia Foundation in the Philippines. A long-time keen observer of Philippine politics and society, Rood looks at the recent conflicting assessments by...

HOW does one burnish the image of the House of Representatives, whose members, either collectively or individually, are called names that have ranged from a homo erectus bereft of scruples to anything that belly crawls and has a huge jaw? Forty-two...

TESCO Lotus, one of the biggest retailers in Thailand, has filed two staggering defamation cases against a Thai columnist and a former member of Parliament, sending a strong message to civil society and the press to tread carefully before criticizing the...

A GLOBAL rice-supply crisis is unfolding, and the Philippines, today the world's top rice importer, will be no comfort zone. In 2006, every Filipino consumed 118.7 kilos or 2.4 sacks of rice a year. That amounts to a daily per capita rice consumption...

KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia — For the first time in seven years, the Philippines won the top prize in the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)-Australia Press Awards. Launched in 2000, the award from SEAMEO recognizes “excellent...