UP prof: Killings could be national security policy

By Luige del Puerto
Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 2, 2006

THE UNABATED killings of political activists could be part of state policy known only to a few and possibly sanctioned by the leadership through its sheer inaction or even complicity, an academician said.
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Sleepless in sweatshop

Garment workers drugged to keep them awake for days
By Luige del Puerto and Romel Lalata
Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 3, 2003

IN THE UNCERTAIN world of subcontracted companies, work is normally seasonal and even then comes in fits and starts, wages below par, and working conditions hardly improved from those of a century ago.
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Elderly in jail just waiting for time to die

By Luige del Puerto
Philippine Daily Inquirer
December 30, 2003

"I SPEND my time knitting and sleeping… I'm just
waiting for the time to die."

Lola Asuncion, a frail, white-haired woman of 72, should
have been enjoying the twilight of her years in the company of her family.

Instead, she has been languishing in jail for the last seven
years.
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No bidding in PNP purchases worth P322M

By Luige A. del Puerto
Published on Page One of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
June 19, 2006

THE POLICE are buying some P322-million worth of patrol cars, motorcycles and handguns without a public bidding for the 12th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit scheduled in the first week of December, according to documents shown the Inquirer.
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