FOR THE FIRST TIME in Philippine electoral history, a politician has been removed from office for overspending during his campaign. In what appears to be a message to all politicians, candidates, and political parties that it is now strictly enforcing...

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (FOI) advocates will be charging up their campaign for the passage of the long-delayed bill into law by lighting up the House of Representatives on September 27, Friday evening - with candles. Dubbed as "Light Up 4 FOI," the...

COA chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan shows the COA report detailing abuses of pork (library photo) COMMISSION ON AUDIT chairperson Grace Pulido-Tan brushed aside threats to safety apparently leveled at COA officers and personnel after unidentified...

THE SENATE PLENARY has begun consideration of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill after the committee on public information and mass media submitted a consolidated version of the bill to the entire chamber on Monday. Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares...

THERE ARE VAST economic opportunities that the manufacturing and services sector can take advantage of as soon as the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) hammer out a final peace agreement to end decades of fighting. This was the...

by Carlos H. Conde Human Rights Watch The day before the clashes started, 15-year old Hassan's grandfather took him from their village on Basilan Island in the southern Philippines to attend what his grandfather described as a "peace rally" in nearby...

a matter of trust: Alamapay at the Senate (photo from Interaksyon.com) SENDING JANET LIM-NAPOLES to jail would still not be enough to bring back the public's trust in the government. Roby Alampay, editor-in-chief of TV5's online platform...