NO story is worth a journalist's life. This ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Cecilia 'Ces' Drilon has painfully learned from her 10-day ordeal as a captive of the Abu Sayyaf in Sulu. Presented to the media at yesterday's press conference following her...

NOWHERE are the contradictions in the new China more apparent than in the contrasts between the countryside and Beijing. In the Chinese capital city, the old hutongs (narrow streets) are rapidly being demolished to make way for new high-rise condominiums....

THE sight of soldiers no longer alarm residents of Baseco, a densely populated urban-poor community of mostly migrant families and relocated slum dwellers occupying 56 hectares of reclaimed land at the South Harbor in Manila. Fully armed soldiers on...

The Supreme Court decision upholding the executive privilege invoked by Romulo Neri on three key questions asked of him by senators abruptly put an end to the Senate investigation on allegations of bribery and overpricing that attended the government's...

THE prospects of being deported to the Philippines loomed large for former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn 'Joc-Joc' Bolante after the Board of Immigration Appeals in Chicago denied his claim for asylum and withholding of removal from the U.S. under...

TAAL Lake remains a favorite destination of tourists, local and foreign -- but maybe not for long. Thousands of fish cages now litter the lake, marring the view. It is estimated that Taal Lake is host to over 9,000 fish cages, which can sometimes make the...

IN 2007, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s presidency spent a total of P249.5 million to pay the salaries and wages of its regular employees; and P10.7 million to pay casual and contractual employees. Combined, that means P260.2 million to pay the rank and...