IN THE first two years of his presidency, Benigno S. Aquino III has waged a very public, and some say divisive, war against corruption. The latest manifestation, of course, is the drawn-out impeachment trial of the highest magistrate of the land, Supreme...

IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET, many expected technology and new media to be the great equalizers of journalism and society, giving the underrepresented a more equal voice in the public discourse. At the same time, the growth of media, both new and...

THE RECENT Supreme Court decision on the highly controversial Hacienda Luisita case could pave the way to the long-delayed distribution of other agricultural estates among tillers, but experts are pointing out that a long and arduous process lies ahead...

                SHEILA S. CORONEL, the founding Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and currently the director of the Stabile Center for...

PRESIDENT AQUINO asked members of the Philippine press to be more accountable to their reading and viewing public by showing more balance and fairness in the selection and treatment of stories that they publish. But in taking to task members of the...

THERE'S MORE TO THE prostitution scandal rocking the United States secret service than just the security issues involving U.S. President Barack Obama. A network of 300 civil society organizations in Latin America decried last week's incident when...

              CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS are asking the Commission on Elections to establish firmer and clearer rules and procedures on what candidates and political parties can do with excess campaign...