THE PHILIPPINE CENTER for Investigative Journalism and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are proud to publish The Ampatuan Assets: Mansions, Money, and Politics in Maguindanao, a two-part English-language documentary series that reveals...

  THE LONG-DELAYED Freedom of Information (FOI) bill breezed through the Senate floor on second reading Tuesday night, with main sponsor Senator Gregorio Honasan guaranteeing passage on third and final reading by next week. But prospects...

EXACTLY A year ago tomorrow, on Dec. 12, 2011, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III marshaled votes from his Liberal Party and coalition allies in the House of Representatives to impeach then Chief Justice Renato C. Corona. The chief magistrate, it...

BAD TIMING for a bad law? As the world marked International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, the government of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III asked the Supreme Court to lift the temporary restraining order (TRO) it issued in October against Republic Act...

IN THE SECOND installment of the PCIJ's four-part report on the self-appointed perks and privileges of the "Gods of Padre Faura," the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism looks at how special and redundant allowances and honoraria bloat the...

WHEN CONGRESS IMPEACHED then Chief Justice Renato C. Corona on December 12, 2011 because he had allegedly filed an intentionally flawed Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), it was a signal for public servants that the document they...

WHILE THE LONG-DELAYED Freedom of Information bill appears to have stalled in the House of Representatives, the Senate version of the measure is on a roll in the Philippine Senate. Both the majority and minority blocs in the Senate have already...