A leader of the local Ilaga in North Cotabato fires his rifle from the hip during hostilities between armed civilian militia and the MILF in 2008 THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT consulted a wide range of sectors, including local politicians, former...

PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUNO III wants all the potentially sticky and controversial issues in the peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) ironed out and pushed through Congress while he still has high popularity and trust...

Right to Know Right Now! lead convenor Nepomuceno Malaluan briefs participants in the first FOI community assembly       WHOEVER SAID that the long-delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) bill is only for...

FORGET THE HEAVY suitcases filled with cash, delivered by burly unsmiling men in dark glasses. As the world changes and progress marches on, dictators, bureaucrats, and the people who would bribe them are also adapting to the times. In her latest post...

PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III should show his government's commitment to stamping out impunity by immediately signing into law the Anti-Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Act of 2012, said an international human rights monitoring group. The New...

Photos released by Karapatan of a man it says was mistaken by the military as Benjamin Mendoza, a ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines     A HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP says government soldiers and police arrested a...

by Samira Gutoc-Tomawis Author Samira Gutoc-Tomawis with a friend at the entrance of Malacanang after the signing of the Framework Agreement between the government and the MILF   THE TRUTH IS I do not know where to start. Overwhelmed...