Archive for February, 2011

February 25, 2011 · Posted in: Edsa Special, Videocasts

Jaywalking EDSA

The PCIJ asks young people what they know about the 1986 People Power...

The last of our three-part series focuses on the various administrative and financial reforms that military officers say the Armed Forces and the commander-in-chief might consider as possible first steps in curbing corruption. Various officers also...

Part 2 of our report on military corruption reveals how, from many years ago, official reports and documents have offered clear and solid paper-trail proof of graft in the AFP. Unfortunately, these have failed to put in check both the incompetence and the...

The nation marks this week the silver anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolt of 1986, when idealistic young members of the Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM) and the Young Officers Union (YOU) rushed out of the barracks to defy their commander in...

The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), organized to address the numerous attacks against journalists and media organizations around the country, on Tuesday called on government for the prompt preliminary investigation of the murder complaint...

February 13, 2011 · Posted in: Governance, In the News

Talking corruption

FAR too many striptease acts on allegedly corrupt deals have unfolded in the halls of the Senate and the House of Representatives, aired live on national television to boot. There, far too many whistleblowers have been paraded, unfurling details of...

February 12, 2011 · Posted in: Governance, In the News

The final words of Angelo Reyes

Tomorrow, Angelo T. Reyes will be laid to rest, the circumstances of both his death and life a big puzzle to many of our people. One of the heroes of the EDSA People Power II revolt, Reyes met with a reversal of fortune in recent days when he was...