STOCKHOLM, Sweden-- Freedom for all, and all stakeholders speaking out with equal voice, on how to govern the Internet. Internet Freedom. Internet for Freedom. These issues drive the two-day Stockholm Internet Forum 2013 (SIF13) that opens today, May...

OF THE country’s 15 presidents so far, six had made an impact on the current composition of political parties. They either formed their own or switched parties to facilitate their ascent to the presidency. They include former presidents Manuel Roxas,...

by Cherry Mae Salazar THE PROVINCE OF PANGASINAN will be seeing familiar faces in the 16th Congress. Five of Pangasinan's six district representatives in the 15th Congress were re-elected for another term in the 2013 midterm elections: Jesus...

THE 15th Congress will bow out soon, or by June 30, 2013 to be exact. The newly elected senators, and district and party-list representatives, will convene in July as members of the 16th Congress. Four re-electionist senators from the 15th, by the...

MARAGONDON, CAVITE --- As early as 7 a.m., voter Diana Inguanzo, 55, had rushed to the public market and cooked lunch for her children because she knew that voting will take time. She queued up at 9 a.m. and finished voting three hours later, or past...

SENIOR CITIZENS and persons with disabilities have had to climb two to four flights of stairs at the Quirino Almario Elemtnary School in Tondo, Manila, to cast their votes. This is despite a law that requires that they be given preferential treatment...

ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES are one big fiesta, with all the color, food, buntings, and the trappings of a Philippine feast; unfortunately, in Philippine elections, voters are far from sated. By the time they leave the polling precincts, many are...