When Chiz (now Sen. Escudero) and I were studying in Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, for our Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law, we kidded our lawyer-classmates from around the world about our contrasting versions of Philippine history, particularly under then President Marcos.

NAGA CITY— In a weekend news conference, a lady mayor of a Camarines Sur town complained of shabby treatment from the Tulfo brother, hosts of the “T-Three” talk show, during a live interview that was aired over national TV network, Channel 5, last Friday (Feb. 22).

In the finale of Born To Be Wild's bat and water snake series, Doc Ferds Recio and a team of experts have documented 8 out of the 35 species of bats found in Bohol. Through mist nets, bat biologists are able to study the bats up close. Doc Ferds gets the opportunity to see them up close as part of an ongoing study of bats in the area.

Women place fifth in the list of the country’s poorest sectors according to the National Statistical Coordination Board or NSCB. This Tuesday, Jiggy Manicad and Maki Pulido report why.

MANILA, Philippines - Twenty-seven years after a bloodless revolt ousted a dictator, it’s time for the nation to “end the cycle of rise and fall” and focus on reforms, President Aquino said yesterday.

Elections are rooted in the fundamental principle that government exists only on consent of the governed. There are two critical concepts in this proposition, that is, consent and governed. But both terms spring from one and the same tree, as it were: We, the People.

Thus, in our Constitution, it is we, the sovereign Filipino People, who establish the government. And it is through elections that we put individual people to run it or unfortunately in many instances, ruin it.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI's resignation opens the door to an array of possible successors, from the conservative cardinal of Milan to a contender from Ghana and several Latin Americans. But don't count on a radical change of course for the Catholic Church: Benedict appointed the majority of cardinals who will choose his successor from within their own ranks.

For the first time, the Alay Kapwa (AK) Program of the CBCP-NASSA launches its National Lenten Campaign simultaneously in three Dioceses, one from each of the three regions in the Philippines. This year, 2013 the theme is “CHALLENGES AND RESPONSES OF STEWARDSHIP IN THE YEAR OF FAITH.”

Fall crazy in love this heart's month as GMA Network presents its newest Koreanovela, The Greatest Love, beginning February 11 on GMA Telebabad.

GMA News TV officially welcomes the love month with the launch of its documentary series WAGAS: MGA TOTOONG KUWENTO NG PAG-IBIG this Saturday, February 9.