WHEN mines shut down, they don’t just fade away like old soldiers. They fester and fall apart once their owners walk away. That’s what seems to have been happening to the mines that have closed one after the other across the country in the last...

THERE is no better time to celebrate family gatherings than during the holidays. In the Philippines, it is the most opportune occasion for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to come home and reunite with loved ones. A family with one or even two members...

OUR latest story by PCIJ Fellows Isa Lorenzo (from the Philippines) and Philip Ney (from Canada) looks at the mixed record of good and bad business practices by mining firms from Canada, the world’s largest exporter of metals and minerals. In 2004...

THERE are high-heeled boots, classic stiletto shoes, low-heeled office wears, rugged sandals and trendy flip-flops. There are quirky designs, such as a pair with holes all over, or one with eyes and nose, like a snake's. Some are slim and pointy, some are...

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...

(This post was written by Maybelline Torres, Romnick Alejo, and Erica Ann Francisco, senior journalism students from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. They are currently taking internship credits with the PCIJ.) CLAD in dresses inspired by...

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...