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...

WE feature on the blog this latest paper written by Dr. Joel Rocamora, chairperson of the Akbayan party-list group and former executive director of the Institute for Popular Democracy. In his paper, Rocamora presents his reading of the current situation...

IT is not likely that Jocelyn 'Joc-Joc' Bolante will be arrested by government agents when he finally arrives in the country anytime this week after being deported from the U.S. (Some reports expect his arrival tomorrow at around 11 p.m. aboard a...

PREPARATIONS for the 2010 elections and the up-and-coming economic crisis have given civil society and other cause-oriented groups more reason to keep a tight watch over the 2009 budget process to ensure judicious spending of the people’s money. The...

COULD this just be a "false controversy"? This question was raised by an economist and erstwhile consultant to a former chairman of the House of Representatives' appropriations committee in light of the recent exposé by Senator Panfilo Lacson on cases...

THE proposed P1.415-trillion national budget for 2009, once ratified, is going to be the biggest amount allocated for government in the country’s fiscal history. Compared to this year’s P1.227-trillion budget, the amount represents a 15-percent...

IT'S already strike three for former agriculture undersecretary Jocelyn 'Joc-Joc' Bolante in his legal battle seeking political asylum in the U.S. This is after the U.S. Court of Appeals recently denied his petition for asylum, upholding the earlier...