video from RTVM PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. AQUINO III defended his controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and accused those charged in the pork barrel scam of trying to divert the public's attention from the scandal. In a rare 12-minute...

RECENTLY, THE GOVERNANCE COMMISSION FOR GOCCs (Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations) had recommended the abolition of five government corporations in the wake of the pork barrel scandal. The five corporations were largely instrumental in...

MILLIONS OF FILIPINOS trooped to their polling precincts today to elect the officials of the smallest local government unit in the country -  the barangay. While barangay elections are sometimes dismissed by some as insignificant, the barangay is the...

THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) has been ranked one of the most transparent multilateral aid organizations, according to the Publish What you Fund's 2013 Aid Transparency Index. The Index is aimed at making even the granting of aid a...

A NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION for the protection of  children says the Philippines has made significant gains in reducing child deaths in the country, but noted that the gains have not been equitable, and malnutrition was still "worryingly high." In...

Malou Mangahas receives the JOY Award (photo from JOY website) MALOU MANGAHAS, Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and host of GMANewsTV's Investigative Documentaries program, was one of three journalists...

Manila Chronicle: Fast movers in 1987 TO SAY THAT THE Freedom of Information (FOI) bill is long delayed may really be quite an understatement. The House committee on public information and mass media had passed a bill similar to the pending...