WHILE OTHER LEGISLATORS seem keen on avoiding any involvement with the committee that will handle the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill, pro-FOI lawmakers are endorsing DIWA party-list representative Emmeline Aglipay as chairperson of the Committee on...

DESPITE ITS IMPORTANCE, the long-delayed Freedom of Information bill isn't the most popular measure in the House of Representatives, at least if one goes by the number of years the bill has stewed in the lower chamber. Now, it seems, even the...

IN THE PHILIPPINES, it is often said that no one really loses in elections. The guy who fails to get proclaimed a winner almost inevitably declares that he was cheated. So, it seems, it's either one cheats, or one is cheated. It may all seem amusing,...

EVER WONDERED who among your favorite local officials have been naughty or nice? Ever wondered which official has had a case filed against him or her with the Sandiganbayan? The answers to those questions are now just a click away for anyone with an...

by Cong B. Corrales "Those who have less in life should have more in law." Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay, 7th President Republic of the Philippines. With these words, Magsaysay tried to set the tone for a more socially-attuned administration of...

videograb from NBN-4   HOLDING BOTH A CARROT AND A STICK, President Benigno S. Aquino III alternated bountiful praise and stinging criticism as he cited both the successes and the remaining challenges in the last half of his term during his...

PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III delivers his fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday amid allegations that more than P10 billion in Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), more commonly known as the pork barrel, had gone to commissions and...