The lawyers of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Wednesday claimed that First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo was no longer listed in the records of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as having business interest or financial connections in two...

While the firestorm over the New York Post report of the $20,000-dinner at Le Cirque and the uproar over the PCIJ series on the wealth of the First couple (see part 1, part 2, part 3) continue, the Washington Post this evening reported yet another...

by Karol Anne M. Ilagan HE ENGAGED in a multimillion-peso transaction with First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo, but Richard S. Lim remains a man of mystery. Lim, who bought the First Gentleman’s 2.9-hectare lot in San Rafael, Bulacan last year had...

The third part of our series on Arroyo wealth tackles the inexplicable phenomenal growth in President Arroyo’s stocks portfolio – that by 2008 account for 69 percent of her declared net worth of P143 million. In which firms she has equity interests,...

The second part of our series on Arroyo wealth, written by Karol Anne M. Ilagan, reviews the sale by President Arroyo and the First Gentleman on Dec. 23, 2008 of a three-hectare agricultural land nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Madre in San...

In 2000, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) exposed the unexplained wealth, the mansions, and other assets of then President Joseph Estrada and that of his mistresses and children. The PCIJ stories and documents collected...

Among the multitudes who lined the stretch from the Manila Cathedral to the Manila Memorial Park for former President Corazon Aquino's funeral were young children, in the arms or on the shoulders of their parents, some even flashing the 'Laban' sign....