(A Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo mascot behind bars. Photo by Joan Marfil.) scenes and soudbytes from in and out of the Batasan AT A MOCK trial of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo last Monday on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, about 5,000 rallyists from...

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivered her ninth State of the Nation Address yesterday, July 27, 2009. The speech comes with a technical report posted on the Office of the President’s website. You can read the full text of Arroyo’s ninth SONA...

Our latest offering is a perspective piece written for the PCIJ by UP economics professor and former Estrada budget secretary, Dr. Benjamin E. Diokno, who also handed out scores on how the Arroyo administration performed vis-a-vis the "Beat the Odds"...

Our latest offering is a series on the failed promises, the statistical inconsistencies in government economic data, and by all indications, the illusory growth that nine years of the Arroyo Administration leave as a legacy to the Filipino people. Part...

In light of Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel seeking a Senate inquiry over the Laiban Dam project, the mainstream media has cast its eye on the proposed joint venture agreement between the MWSS and San Miguel Corporation. Last Thursday, the...

Our latest report reveals that apart from a “take or pay” clause, the confidential joint venture agreement between the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and San Miguel Corporation on the P52-billion Laiban dam project carries yet...

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) and its members and allies working for the promotion and protection of free expression in Southeast Asia  have issued an open letter to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, denouncing a “rapidly and palpably...