THIS WEEKEND, the internet in the Philippines quietly turned 20 years old. It's been a wild and woolly two decades, as Filipino netizens evolved from dial-up creatures who treasured those US Robotics modems and thrilled to the wonky sounds of the...

WHILE ALLEGED MEMBERS of the Moro National Liberation Front(MNLF) laid siege on portions of the regional hub of Zamboanga City, MNLF founder Nurulaji Misuari, said to be the guiding light behind the incident, is still nowhere to be found. Misuari,...

USUALLY nonchalant about the subject matter, Juan Ponce Enrile was in a surprisingly revelatory mood to tell the public what his sentiments are about the 1986 Edsa People Power revolt, whose annual official anniversary every February 25 he has been...

THIS week, the PCIJ Channel features an interview with U.S.-based Filipino journalist Benjamin Pimentel, author of Pareng Barack: Filipinos in Obama’s America. Published by Anvil, the book talks about Barack Obama’s march to the American presidency...

THE PCIJ blog was declared the best in the Podcast category at the 2008 Digital Filipino Web Awards held last November 5 at the Mall of Asia. The PCIJ's three-year-old blog received the recognition from DigitalFilipino.com, a community of electronic...

WHETHER working amid the backdrop of conflict or peace, journalists in Mindanao are having it the worst -- getting killed, attacked, abducted, charged with libel and, in at least one instance, even declared as persona non grata. The latest to be killed...

COVERAGE of the conflict in Mindanao seldom tackles its economic and social costs beyond the deaths and injuries among combatants and civilians caught in the crossfire, damage to property and infrastructure, and to some extent, deaths and illnesses...