The Editor

MANILA, Philippines—The Constitution provides that chief justices (in fact, all justices and judges) are to be appointed by the president […]

MANILA, Philippines—The National Democratic Institute (NDI), a US-based think-tank that works in 110 countries and is associated with US President

MANILA, Philippines—It is said that two things are indispensable in running a country: brains and brawns; right and might; legitimacy

MANILA, Philippines—All this time, I have written mostly about unnerving delays in the Comelec timetable and the absolute need for

MANILA, Philippines–With only 71 days before election day, a reversion to full manual count is no longer doable. Sad to

MANILA, Philippines—A Western-style absolute divorce between spouses who are both Filipinos—even if obtained abroad—is not valid here. Although divorce is

MANILA, Philippines—Awed and mesmerized. That’s how I felt as I addressed the recent Second National Congress of the Clergy. I

MANILA, Philippines—To stop President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from prolonging her stay, a senator whose term expires only in 2013 should be

MANILA, Philippines — In a pastoral statement issued last weekend, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)—through its new

THE PLEA bargaining documents, which released retired Maj. Gen. Carlos F. Garcia from detention, are—in my humble view—invalid. These documents