LAST Tuesday, March 24, marked the 13th anniversary of the Marcopper mining disaster that choked the Boac River with tons of toxic mine tailings, instantly sapping life out of one of Marinduque's major waterways. Thirteen years later, the toxic legacy of...

SUMMER is upon us, and in a fortnight, it will be Lent. Very soon, hordes of Filipinos, mountaineers, nature-lovers, and entire families will take the traditional trek to Northern Luzon for cooler weather and better scenery. There they will marvel once...

JUSTICE remains elusive for murdered journalists and their families as this year’s Global Impunity Index showed little to no improvement, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The Index, a list of countries where...

PCIJ guest blogger Tonyo Cruz shares this article on human rights reporting after attending a training seminar conducted by the PCIJ and Newsbreak last week. Cruz had worked as a reporter for the Manila bureau of Asahi Shimbun and Malaya. He also...