THE Supreme Court has ordered the Commission on Elections to rehear the proclamation protest filed by Cotabato City mayoral candidate Estrelita Juliano against the incumbent mayor, Muslimin Sema. Juliano's case was among those that...

ANYONE who wishes to drown in a sea of young, bright, beaming and hopeful faces only has to go to a graduation ceremony. Attending one has never failed to raise my optimism about the future of this country. And so when I spoke at the commencement...

"FREE Expression in Asian Cyberspace: A Conference of Asian Bloggers, Podcasters and Online Media," the three-day meeting sponsored by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), in cooperation with the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism...

EMBATTLED education undersecretary for finance Juan Miguel Luz yesterday quit the Arroyo administration, expressing concern that the education reforms that he and his colleagues have instituted would not survive because of what he described as President...

Technical matters were discussed on each of the three days of Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace. (Roby Alampay, executive director of SEAPA, defined "technical" as anything that he can't understand.) The following speakers addressed the...

IN a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court today declared Executive Order 464 as constitutional insofar as it bans Cabinet officials from appearing before congressional inquiries without the consent of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The court...

THE following speakers addressed the participants during the seventh session: Melinda Quintos de Jesus, CMFR (slides, audio) Ethics and professionalism as protection Dini Widiastuti, Article 19 (slides, audio) Know your rights: Article 19...