Pnoy Signs Landmark Framework Agreement with MILF

The government of President Noynoy Aquino ends today what is the last of the insurgencies that the country have suffered through the years b...

Bangsamoro Offers New Hope for Lasting Peace in Mindanao

Often, peace is the most difficult to attain in this world, especially involving insurgencies and rebellions within a sovereign territory, t...

Decriminalizing Libel: An Antidote to the Chilling Effect on Press Freedom

While Senator Edgardo Angara had yesterday made suggestion that the entire regime of libel laws should be abolished, thereupon decriminalizi...

Philippine Cybercrime Law Impedes Freedom of Speech, Might be Declared Unconstitutional

With online protest over the enactment of RA 10175 reaching a height with anonymous hackers maiming the websites of several major government...

The Dark Years : Martial Law Had Brought Havoc to this Nation

Today, September 21, marks the 40th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in the Philippines. In 1972, former president Ferdinand E....

Philippine Cybercrime Law Punishes Online Libel, CyberSex Among Others

On September 12, President Aquino signed into law the “Philippines Cybercrime Bill” or Republic Act No. 10175 “AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, P...

Senator Trillanes May Have Been Back-Channeling for China, Says Senate President Enrile

It turns out that Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had been back-channeling for the Philippines for longer period than what was previously repor...

PNoy Taps Track II Diplomacy with Senator Trillanes as China Allows UN Resolution over Conflicts with Japan

Malacañang is opting for another tack in resolving the China-Philippines stand-off in the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea as PNoy ...

Philippines Submits New West Philippine Sea Map to United Nations

The Philippines is apparently hell-bent in trying to establish territorial jurisdiction over the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea. ...

Senator Sotto Did It Again!

I believe that Senator Vicente Sotto III should by now now fire his chief of staff. That should be the wisest action from a government offic...

U.S. Supports ASEAN Code of Conduct in West Philippine Sea

U.S. comes now out in the open an openly expresses its support to ASEAN, especially to members who has standing dispute with China over terr...

PNoy Appoints Mar Roxas as New Interior Secretary

After supervising the search and rescue operations for his friend, former Senator Mar Roxas takes over the latter's position as the new ...

The West Philippine Sea Dispute in APEC

Trade among international players would definitely hinge on security as a main basis for further growth and progress but would APEC involve ...

Questions Arise on CJ Sereno’s Appointment by Pnoy

The appointment of CJ Maria Lourdes Serano almost came unnoticed, as the nation was greatly mourning the death of Secretary Jessie Robredo b...

Secretary Robredo is the Epitome of Great Governance

Secretary Florencio Abad had hit the point right on the mark about Secretary Jessie Robredo’s demise, about how endeared he is to his own pe...

PNoy Appoints First Female Chief Justice in CJ Sereno

President Benigno Aquino III ends days of speculations and appoints the first lady Chief Justice in Supreme Court Associate Justice Maria Lo...

Plagiarism in the Senate: Should it be Commonplace or Should it be Penalized?

Plagiarism is such a bad thing, we all know that. Especially in the academics, lifting original content into one’s work, such as theses and ...

The Middle Class: The Key to Our Nation’s Progress

There were many talks about the middle class before---who are they and where are they found? In the Philippine settings, identifying this s...

Project NOAH Aims to Enhance Government's Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

As a response to President Aquino’s call for a responsive disaster prevention and mitigation program, the Department of Science & Techn...

DEUTERIUM : The White Gold of The Philippines

When I was in highschool, Michael Petralba, an old neighborhood friend from Carmen Street but who is now residing in Los Angeles, once spoke...