(Mariveles, Bataan) The history of Bataan betrays its tranquility as the province is witness to the most greusome crimes of past and present – the Death March in 1942 which killed thousands of guerillas fighting the Japanese Occupation forces during World War II and, in 2006, saw the torture of Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan, [...]

With the way speculators and giant oil companies have been playing with oil prices, one could not help but be incensed. Why would oil prices rise when there has been no supply shock nor an increase in costs of producing oil? The sharp increases in pump prices have been dealing speculators and oil companies, and [...]

A fisherman boats past his community to try his luck in a polluted bay. (Vitas, Tondo, Manila)