Archive for March, 2011

Our latest report looks at a fundamental duty that the Office of the Ombudsman must perform with excellent results: compliance with the law on the filing and disclosure of their Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth or SALN. Indeed, the men...

Our latest report reveals that in the last five years since she assumed office as Ombudsman, Ma. Merceditas N. Gutierrez has filed suit against only four members of the 15th Congress, and the father of Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas Jr., the chairman of the House...

March 8, 2011 · Posted in: Media

PCIJ book wins St Scho citation

ONE of PCIJ’s latest books, Cash Overload, Media Overdrive: The Press and the May 2010 Elections has been given a Special Citation for Print and Online Journalism by St. Scholastica’s College (SSC)-Manila Department of Mass Communication. PCIJ...

NIIGATA – Japan’s inventiveness and creativity is not only limited to technology, transport, and story-telling. Even when the subject is frightening and complicated, the Japanese have found ways to make it understandable to children. For instance,...

KOBE -- When the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck on Jan. 17, 1995, this port city in western Japan was devastated in an instant, leaving 6,437 either dead or missing and about $100 billion worth of infrastructures damaged. Today there is not...

March 1, 2011 · Posted in: Edsa Special, In the News

Postscript to EDSA 25

On the 25th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolt, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism posted a six-minute video feature on what the Filipino youth know about EDSA. The feature generated an immense amount of interest, with more than...