In the next fortnight on July 23, President Benigno S. Aquino III will deliver the state-of-the-nation address (SONA), his third as chief executive. For the third time in as many years, too, the 160 organizations and civil society leaders that compose...

by Samira Gutoc-Tomawis DARAPANAN, SULTAN KUDARAT - Inspired by the sight of people of all colors and vehicles of all kinds, with Moros travelling by land, air and water to attend the Bangsamoro Leaders' Assembly, I psyched myself up to walk almost an...

THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT has expressed shock and dismay over the murder of Dutch development worker Willem Geertman in Pampanga on Tuesday. Geertman, executive director of the nongovernmental development group Alay Bayan-Luson, was shot dead in front...

THIS weekend, on July 7-9, 2012, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will hold what it calls a "Bangsamoro General Assembly" at Camp Darapanan in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao. Recognized by the government as the MILF’s main camp, Camp Darapanan...