IT is not likely that Jocelyn 'Joc-Joc' Bolante will be arrested by government agents when he finally arrives in the country anytime this week after being deported from the U.S. (Some reports expect his arrival tomorrow at around 11 p.m. aboard a...

FIRST, it was bandied about to be a "cash advance" to serve as contingency fund for the trip of recently retired police comptroller Eliseo dela Paz and seven other senior Philippine National Police (PNP) officials to St. Petersburg, Russia to attend the...

FINALLY, murder charges have been filed against the alleged masterminds in the 2005 killing of whistleblower-turned-journalist Marlene Esperat. Charged before the Tacurong City Regional Trial Court in Sultan Kudarat close to noon today were Department...

THE advent of nanotechnology -- the science of manipulating matter at the scale of atoms and molecules -- holds significant promise that could virtually revolutionize all types of industries. The limited understanding, however, and therefore, the lack...

PREPARATIONS for the 2010 elections and the up-and-coming economic crisis have given civil society and other cause-oriented groups more reason to keep a tight watch over the 2009 budget process to ensure judicious spending of the people’s money. The...

THE Supreme Court voted 8-7 today to declare as unconstitutional the scuttled memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) between the Arroyo government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The MOA-AD, the third agreement to have come...

FROM the newest mobile phone and mp3 player to the most innovative laptop computer, Filipinos are never last with the latest trend in electronics. Indeed, there is no question as to the benefits offered by technology. But apart from its use, other...