PHILIPPINE regional trial court Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes has finally denied the petition for bail of Andal Ampatuan Sr., the principal suspect in the 2009 Ampatuan massacre that led to the death of 58 people, 32 of them journalists and media...

A PHILIPPINE anti-graft court has recently dismissed for lack of merit a petition by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada to prevent the garnishment of his properties in relation to a P184-million plunder charge filed against him by the Ombudsman, the Philippine Daily...

By Cong B. Corrales DEATH and taxes, according to American statesman Benjamin Franklin, are the only things certain in this world. And in the Philippines, the taxman -- err, taxwoman – cometh on April 15, the deadline for filing of tax...

Erap, Grace Poe, Mayor Duterte in statistical three-way tie? View the results of the March 2015 National Survey on 2016 Electoral Preferences. [caption id="attachment_18525" align="aligncenter" width="500"] MR. PALENGKE drops to No. 7 in the list...

But register highest in Mindanao THE RATINGS of exiting Philippine President Benigno Simeon Aquino III plunged to historic lows since he assumed the presidency in 2010 amid the controversies surrounding the January 25 Mamasapano tragedy, the 2015 Ulat...

THE Department of Interior and Local Government has served today the suspension order issued by the Office of the Ombudsman on Makati City Mayor Jejomar "Junjun" Binay Jr. The anti-graft body issued March 11 the six-month preventive suspension on Binay...

By Rowena F. Caronan and Malou Mangahas Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism FILIPINOS CHOOSE the people who will run their government through elections. Yet they do not hold the power to choose who will run the elections. That authority...