Anniversary Special

Before COVID-19, there was SARS

Long before COVID-19 upended the world, there was SARS—a smaller, earlier outbreak that never reached…

How Marcos’ ‘return’ helped birth PDI’s Northern Luzon Bureau

In late August 1993, with monsoon clouds settling over Baguio’s ridges, a phone call changed…

When Rody’s curses rained on PH press

Covering Rodrigo Duterte was an eventful, bumpy ride. It meant dealing with an unconventional president…

Number-crunching P-Noy got cozy with journalists

Then President Benigno “P-Noy” Aquino III had a penchant for soliciting questions from reporters prior…

Edsa 3, ZTE, ‘Hello, Garci’: Crisis after crisis under GMA

At an event outside Metro Manila on Nov. 29, 2007, we Palace reporters were covering…

‘Inquirer not for sale’: Surviving Erap

In the run-up to the 1998 presidential elections, then outspoken Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin,…

Covering FVR: Grueling, surprising, fun

If I were to describe how it was covering Malacañang during the presidency of Fidel…

A love affair with Cory, a covenant with democracy

“Tomorrow, tomorrow, we will run stories about the murder of Ninoy.” That was Eugenia Duran-Apostol,…

By the numbers

P2 Price per copy of the Philippine Daily Inquirer broadsheet when launched on Dec. 9,…

Release the SALN!: Reporters finally get hold of key document

For a long time, journalists have been practically denied copies of statements of assets, liabilities…