CONCLUDING a six-month investigation that involved more than two million leaked files and 50 reporting partners from all over the world, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) reported that close relatives of China's top leaders...
January 20, 2014 · Posted in: 2013 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Local Government, Media, Money Politics, Online Research
Rep. Emmeline Aglipay with coalition convenor Atty. Nepomuceno Malaluan
A PROPONENT of the Freedom of Information bill in the lower house today said the main hurdle of the long-delayed measure is the head of the committee that is supposed to endorse...
PERCEPTIONS within the business community that there is "a lot of corruption" in the government rose in 2013, reflecting "some disappointment" over government's avowed campaign to stamp out corruption, according to the yearly Survey of Enterprises on...
EVERYONE IT SEEMS has an opinion on corruption in the Philippines, and the talk invariably concludes with the need to file plunder charges against erring government officials.
However, plunder is a legal term, and not just a vague concept to describe...
HOW DOES the Commission on Elections rule when two candidates running for the same electoral post end up in a tie?
We can imagine those smart-alecky comments bubbling up to the surface: A coin flip? Bunong-Braso? Kompyang? Or Jack and Poy? Or, in the...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
That being said, the new year brings with it new hopes, dreams, promises, and challenges. For many Filipinos shocked, astounded, and angered by the excesses of 2013, there is perhaps no challenge bigger and more controversial than that...
