A FORTNIGHT ago, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) conducted the third and final leg of its island-wide seminar series on media killings and the culture of impunity. Twenty senior reporters, editors, program managers, and news...

Today, June 12, 2012, marks a very important milestone in our history -- the 114th anniversary of our Independence Day. We asked you to answer the question, "Ano ang Kalayaan para sa iyo?" Here is the initial harvest of photos shot and shared by our...

FREEDOM MEANS different things to different people. To some, it may mean democracy and free and honest elections. To others, it may mean respect for human rights and the rule of law. And to some others, freedom from hunger and want. On Tuesday, june...

THERE ARE MANY WAYS to investigate allegations of corruption in the courts, writes Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism founding Executive Director Sheila Coronel. One way is by sourcing from the crowd. In the second installment of her blog...

THERE ARE SOME political personalities who are so adept at hiding their wealth that journalists have a very difficult time looking for the smoking gun - clues that lead them to records and documents that would prove that they have more money than they...

DO YOU SUPPORT the call for the immediate passage of the long-suffering, long delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) act? Do you think 14 years are more than enough time for our legislators to sit on a measure that is not just guaranteed, but encouraged...

A DECADE AGO, a crony of deposed President Joseph Estrada immortalized the phrase "weather-weather lang yan," to refer to the ups and downs in the life of a politician. These days, the appropriate phrase would seem to be "waiver-waiver lang...