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 Julius D. Mariveles Local and foreign businessmen called on President Benigno S. Aquino III to ensure the passage of a Freedom of Information Law before his term ends and to ensure the prosecution of past and present public officials who are proven...

WHENEVER it is confronted with the latest survey findings about the worsening levels of corruption in the country, the Arroyo government would typically dismiss the results as based on "mere perception." Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her retinue of...

CHARGES of cheating, bribery, graft and corruption and other crimes will continue to haunt President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo even beyond 2010 as her critics vowed to carry on the fight while Catholic bishops urged the citizenry to keep searching for the...

THE PCIJ recently added another award to its collection, winning the 2007 National Book Award for Journalism for its book "The Rulemakers: How the Wealthy and Well-born Dominate Congress." The recognition from the Manila Critics Circle and the National...

FORMER House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. appealed to his colleagues on Monday to “use (their) conscience” in deciding on the latest impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The Pangasinan lawmaker was trying to win the...

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...