Out on December 5!

In this issue:

Marites Dañguilan Vitug on Chief Justice Reynato Puno and the judiciary; Glenda M. Gloria on the military’s counterinsurgency experiments and the search for Jonas Burgos; Miriam Grace A. Go on loan sharks, taxes, and local governments; Gemma Bagayaua on the overpriced Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway; Aries Rufo on the killing of judges and media’s access to public documents; Isagani de Castro Jr. on the lawyers who prosecuted former President Estrada; Mia Gonzalez on covering President Arroyo; Emily Green on the killing of the Vigo couple in South Cotabato; Purple Romero on model judges; Caroline Malone on the Freedom of Information Act; and Tonette Orejas and Mayette Tabada on the Halls of Justice.

Contents

Access to Information

• The President and Her Press
  Palace reporters have little access to the President
• Legislating Freedom
  Will a law on Freedom of Information ensure free flow of information to the public?
• Wild Goose Chase
  The bureaucracy is unwilling and not ready release public documents
• Clash of Rights
  The Commission on Appointments is a well of information, but it’s harder now to access it
• A Reporter’s Nightmare
  The Judicial and Bar Council keeps most of its documents secret

Human Rights

• Caught in the Crossfire
  A look into the killing of the Vigo couple in South Cotabato
• Trapped in a Web of Lives
  The search for Jonas Burgos
• War Without End
  The military’s counterinsurgency campaign
  

Judiciary

• Out of the Chambers
  Chief Justice Reynato Puno remakes himself
• Stacking the Court
  Unqualified judges rise through political connections
• Leaving A Cramped Court
  Angeles City and Lapu-Lapu City have a new Hall of Justice
• Playground No More
  Judge Manuel Barrios has come a long way from his playful years in Roxas City
• Color in Her Court
  Judge Maria Filomena Singh brings color and zest to her court
• The Legal Eagles Who Nailed Erap
  The lawyers behind the conviction of former President Joseph Estrada
• A Cry for Justice
  Judges are getting killed with impunity
  

Local Government

• Loan Sharks Fund Election Campaigns, LGUs
  An investigation into how local officials use their internal revenue allotment as loan collateral
• Birth Pains
  The pros and cons of creating new local government units
  

Foreign-Supported Projects

• When Aid Comes with Strings Attached
  The country’s longest road network has a big expense account as well
• Picking on the Small Fry
  A government official is punished hard for spoiled vaccines
  

Commentary

• What A Paper Chaser Gets

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