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TIME reported on the embattled presidency of Philippine leader Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the vote-rigging scandal that has prompted public protests and calls for her resignation:

It is sad that the Philippines gets extensive coverage in TIME only during periods of crisis [July 11]. True, the country has been plagued by political organizations, financed by politicians with personal agendas, that have fought every President. It has been said that for evil to triumph, it is enough that good men do nothing. Unfortunately, the Philippines has millions of good men doing nothing. When we survive this crisis,...

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