MOSTLY the same old names but new faces, first-timers and benchwarmers, veterans and returnees. This is the composition of both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the 15th Congress. Of the 12 senators elected to a six-year term last May 10,...

PRESIDENT Aquino’s revelations of alleged anomalies committed by the Arroyo administration did not strike some civil servants as a “shock and awe” State of the Nation Address. His exposes, however, left them feeling a bit shortchanged. Like the...

Organized, creative, and always prompt, the mainstream left or the so-called reaffirmist (RAs) groups were the early birds out on the street for President Aquino's first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Carrying a 12-foot effigy of P-Noy clad in...

Watching a President's State of the Nation Address (SONA) has never been this intense, especially for members of the UP Teachers Village Tricycle Operators and Drivers Association (UPTV-TODA). In fact, it was even a wonder that the tricycle drivers...

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) is looking for an executive director of its Secretariat based in Bangkok, Thailand, with the following qualifications: Has leadership and management skills in administering the secretariat, programs,...

Our latest report reveals that only 308 donors – out of 50.7 million registered voters – bankrolled the campaign for the presidency of the top seven candidates and three major political parties. But the figure slides down to a pithy 48, if only...

OUR ELECTIONS are far from perfect, but recent encounters with friends from Burma remind us we still have a lot to be thankful for. The PCIJ played host to some Burmese visitors a few months ago, and just last week, we also hied off to Bangkok to...