be
part of
our e-forum
we
welcome
your feedback
OUR
CONTACT DETAILS
3/F
Criselda II Bldg.,
107 Scout de Guia St.
Quezon City 1104
Philippines
Tel: (632) 4104768/9
9293117
Fax: (632) 9293571
Email: pcij@pcij.org
|
|
 |
|
|
|
Boys Town Wards Cry Sexual and Physical Abuse
by Tess Bacalla
Our latest offering is a two-part series that exposes the sexual molestation and physical abuse that is taking place at Boys Town in Marikina. The series, based on interviews with Boys Town wards, officials, staff and former wards, reveals that since April 2004, at least six boys have been sexually abused and some two dozen others beaten up. Ironically, these incidents are taking place in a facility that is supposed to provide a safe haven for underprivileged youth.
SEVENTEEN-year-old Paul was already resigned to sleep at the guardhouse of Manila Boys Town in Parang, Marikina as part of his punishment for a minor mischief he says he did not commit. But then the officer-in-charge of the facility changed his mind; Paul was to stay at the OIC's living quarters while the boy was still "under observation."
|
|
 |
|
|
| |
Punishing the cheats, not election automation, is real solution — local IT pioneer
blog post by Alecks P. Pabico
WHILE acknowledging that automation has a role to play in modernizing our elections, which remains a pitiful throwback from the first-ever held local polls in Bulacan more than a century ago, local information technology pioneer Roberto Verzola thinks the real problem does not lie with having an antiquated electoral system but with the fact that the cheats don’t get punished at all.
|
|
 |
|
|
| |
EDSA 20/20
Remembering Edsa
20 People and their Lives 20 Years since People Power
|
Get i REPORT's special Edsa 20th anniversary commemorative issue.
Or click HERE to order your copy.
|
|
|
TWENTY YEARS ago, at the height of the people power revolt, Imelda Marcos, then holed up in Malacañang with her anxious family and a phalanx of remaining loyal troops, contemplated the possibility of her imminent, and vertiginous, fall. At about the same time, Cory Aquino, who had returned to Manila after taking shelter in a Carmelite convent in Cebu when the uprising broke out, was insisting to worried family and friends that she should join the throng that had gathered at Edsa despite the security problems that would pose.
LISTEN TO THE PODCASTS:
|
|
| |
Issue No. 2.2006
The Lost Boys of Sagada
by
Danilova Molintas
The young men who grew up in the midst of Sagada’s tourist rush have fallen to the temptations of easy money, easy women, and what seemed for many years an easy life.
Issue No. 4.2005
THE PARADOX OF FREEDOM
People Power in the Information Age
by
David Celdran
When public space migrates to the airwaves and the news pages, politics risks degenerating into a spectator sport.
SEE
ALSO:
Issue No. 3.2005
THE
CAMPAIGN
Jekyll-and-Hyde Campaign
by
Yvonne T. Chua
Alongside the official Arroyo campaign was a parallel structure
that operated secretly and with little accountability.
SEE
ALSO:
FOCUS
ON FILIPINO YOUTH
Finding Spaces
by
Katrina Stuart Santiago
They are the hi-tech generation, at ease with technology but otherwise
lost when it comes to dealing with the complexities of a globalized
world.
SEE
ALSO:
Issue No. 2.2005
OVERSEAS FILIPINOS SPECIAL
A Nation of Nannies
by
Sheila S. Coronel
The Filipina as the world's caregiver
SEE
ALSO:
Special Issue
THE
PRESIDENT
The Unmaking of the President
by
Sheila S. Coronel
Mrs. Arroyo is reaping the consequences of the damage she has wrought
on key institutions.
SEE
ALSO:
|
|
 |
|
| |
|
Candidates for DAP Presidency Boycott Interview, Accuse Arroyo of Railroading Selection
by Yvonne T. Chua
THIS is a one-part story on how President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has railroaded the selection of the president of the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP).
Bureaucrats Punished for Accusing the Palace of Disrespect for the Civil Service
by Yvonne T. Chua
THIS one-part report exposes how the Career Service Executive Board (CESB), the government body that oversees the top tiers of the country’s bureaucracy, is being punished by Malacañang for its defiance.
In 1971 and 2006, New Charters Designed to Keep Embattled Presidents in Power
by Raissa Espinosa-Robles
THIS three-part series looks at the uncanny similarities in the manner in which Ferdinand Marcos and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo have attempted to change the constitutions prevailing during their incumbency.
Wild-Bird Smugglers Pose Avian-Flu Threat
by Prime Sarmiento
WHILE the Philippines has remained free from the avian-influenza virus and its deadly H5N1 strain, our latest report exposes the country's vulnerability to a bird-flu outbreak due to the failure of authorities to halt bird smuggling and the problem of convincing duck raisers to stop grazing their fowl in wetland areas frequented by migratory birds.
One Year after her Murder, No Justice for ‘Erin Brockovich’
by Luz Rimban
MARLENE Garcia-Esperat, a journalist/anti-graft crusader and a source for some of PCIJ's corruption stories, was killed in Sultan Kudarat by a lone assassin on March 24, 2005. A year after her death, the masterminds of her killing continue to elude justice.
FOR THE LOVE OF BASKETBALL
How Far can College Teams Bend the Rules?
by Charlene Dy
TAKING OFF
from the scandal currently rocking the De La Salle basketball team, this two-part series tells the story of college basketball and how admission policies are relaxed and tremendous pressure is put on athletes to perform, all in the name of team victory.
ONE YEAR AFTER QUEZON DISASTER
Women are Leading their Families toward Recovery
by Tess B. Bacalla
A YEAR
after the disaster that devastated Quezon province, women are
taking the lead in repairing shattered lives and devastated communities,
though this new role has meant an additional burden to them who are
traditionally responsible for household chores.
Did Mike Arroyo Fund Postelection 'Special Operations' in Lanao?
by Booma B. Cruz
THIS
report,
done jointly with the TV program, "Probe," was based on the testimonies
of two political operators who said they were funded by First Gentleman
Jose Miguel ‘Mike’ Arroyo to rig the count in Lanao and other ARMM
provinces. The two operators, members of the Lanao del Sur Unity Movement
for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, said that their group was behind
alleged dagdag-bawas (vote-padding and –shaving) operations
in the province, as well as in Sultan Kudarat, Sulu and Tawi Tawi.
GMA Supporters Outspent Rivals in the Battle of the Ads, But Did They Win It?
by Vernon R. Totanes
SUPPORTERS
of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo spent more than P22 million in political advertisements published in major Manila newspapers since the “Gloriagate” political crisis began in June. Advertising and public-relations experts say most of the pro-Arroyo ads were a waste of money as they did not convince anyone and only served to reinforce the notion that Arroyo is “unpopular and unloved.”
NIGHTMARE
AT NORTH RAIL
Cost of Resettling 40,000 Families Deliberately Hidden
by Alecks P. Pabico
THE
relocation of 40,000 families — nearly twice the population of San Juan, Metro Manila — to make way for the North Rail project is expected to cost at least P6.6 billion. But it is a hidden expense, as it was not added to the total project cost. It is also not clear where the money to fund the resettlement will come from.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RECENT PODCASTS
RECENT POSTS
more
at Inside PCIJ
 |
| |
Free expression in Asian cyberspace conference
THE Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)
and Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) recently concluded
“Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace,” a 3-day conference
of Asian blogers, podcasters, and online news providers held
at the AIM Conference Center in Makati, Philippines from April
19-21, 2006. The session presentations, including audio and
video podcasts, can be accessed from the conference
blog or the PCIJ blog. Tackled issues were as follows:
-
Why the Internet is Important to Asians
- Shaking up Asian Cyberspace
- The Power of Citizen Journalism
- The Battle for the Internet — Technology
- The Battle for the Internet — The Law
- Non-legal, Non-technological Pressures on the Internet
- Protecting Cyberspace
- Technical workshops on podcasting and multimedia blogging; wikis and collaborative tools; PC and Web tools for anonymizing and getting around blocking, filtering and monitoring
i
REPORT | ISSUE NO. 1
Food and the Filipino
The PCIJ
introduces i Report, a current affairs quarterly that tackles
issues in depth.
i Report is the new format of i, the Center’s quarterly
information and issues magazine launched in 1995 that has been an
invaluable guide on current affairs, the media, social issues, the
environment, and information technology for a wide range of readers.
Now named i Report, the magazine focuses on particular themes
and contains a mix of feature and investigative articles. While having
the same quality of content, the reformatted i is more compact,
interesting and readable.
For its initial issue, i Report zeroes in on food, which
has always been a central part of Philippine life and culture. Featured
articles range from the changing Filipino diet, the sacheting phenomenon
in the food business, the dietary revolution that is wreaking havoc
on our health, to the problem of hunger afflicting millions of Filipinos.
READ ON 
FEATURES:
• The
Tastes that Bind
• Mini-size Me
• Republic
of Pancit
• Why are Filipinos Hungry?
• The Big Picture
• Green Dining
• Where's the Beef?
• At the Kitchen of Divine Mercy
ORDER
your copy now. Or SUBSCRIBE
to i Report for only P400 a year (within Metro Manila; P450 for provincial subscribers), and support investigative
reporting.
|
|
 |
| |
PCIJ-KBP Radio News Features
Course
THE Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)
and the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) have recently concluded its first of a series of trainings on radio news features for radio
journalists in Luzon.
The first course was held on May 22-26, 2006 at the South
Drive Baguio Manor in Baguio City. The next leg will be held in Cebu for Visayas journalists. Participants must be reporters,
producers or writers in news and public affairs in an AM or
FM station; must know how to write a script; familiar with
radio equipment; and must be computer-literate (word-processing
skills at the minimum).
The five-day course will be capped by a half-day safety training for journalists, with support from the Canadian Embassy.
Interested parties are advised to contact the KBP at 8151990
to 92 or via email.
Look for Verge Velasco.
|
|
|
 |
|
"Hello, Garci?" Jokebook
Filipinos like to think that they can laugh at anything, and however much they put themselves down, they believe that their sense of humor is not only a defining national trait but also their saving grace. This book is a collection of contemporary political humor and is made up largely of jokes forwarded from one cellphone to another. Also included in the collection is a sampling of political humor from websites and blogs. Price: P190
News for Sale
THIS book probes how corruption and commerce (or the pressure
to rate or sell) have shaped media coverage of what is supposed
to be the pivotal event in our democracy — elections. In a
continuation of her groundbreaking-exposé on the ways in which
journalism is corrupted by bribes and other inducements, Chay
Florentino-Hofileña examines the new forms of media corruption
that have emerged in the 2004 elections.
The Rulemakers
THIS book tells the story of the Philippine legislature by
examining the men and women who make up that body. It looks
at their demographic characteristics (age, gender, education,
profession), their assets and sources of wealth, and also
their family lineage.
PCIJ Guide to Government
THE PCIJ recently released its latest book, PCIJ Guide to
Government. Written by veteran journalists, the book provides
a basic backgrounder that explains the powers and functions
of various officials and agencies, including the presidency,
the legislature, and the courts. It is intended to be a road
map, a manual, a guidebook to those who wish to understand
how various branches and agencies of government work.
|
|
|
|
|
|
