CORRUPTION in the Philippines is perceived to have further worsened as the country sank to its lowest ranking to date in the Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2008. From 131 (out of 179 countries) last year, the...

WHILE senators are still bitterly locking horns whether or not to conduct an investigation on the issue of "double appropriations" in the 2008 national budget, former budget secretary Emilia Boncodin would like to give those involved in the recent...

WITH over eight million overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) remitting more than $10 billion to the country each year, the Philippines is touted as a “global model” in labor migration. But the reality besetting majority of migrant workers has limited...

THE Supreme Court ruled last September 4 to reaffirm its March 25 decision upholding the claim of executive privilege by former socioeconomic planning secretary Romulo Neri over the three questions asked of him by senators investigating the national...

AFTER escaping his abductors last year, survivor Raymond Manalo has sought justice from the Office of the Ombudsman, filing criminal and administrative cases against military officials yesterday. Retired officers Lieutenant General Hermogenes Esperon...

PCIJ contributor Herbert Docena, an associate of the regional policy research institute, Focus on the Global South, provides a timely Perspective piece on the scuttled peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation...

SPORADIC attacks believed to have been conducted by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in several parts of Mindanao yesterday have left scores dead, mostly civilians. The renewed hostilities come in the wake of the aborted signing of the...