THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) today denied the petition for a people's initiative to amend the Constitution. Comelec said the petition could not be given “due course” because of a 1997 Supreme Court ruling preventing the poll body from...

IN an unprecedented move, this year's Ramon Magsaysay award for Community Leadership was bestowed to both an organization and its founder. The face most often associated with Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation (GK) belongs to its founder...

KUALA Lumpur -- I just found out from prolific Malaysian blogger Jeff Ooi, whom I just interviewed on the state of online free speech and expression in Malaysia in the aftermath of the incident involving yet another comment on his blog, that today, aside...

FOLLOWING its selection last week as a contender in the best Asian group blog category of this year's Asia Blog Awards, the PCIJ blog gets a second nomination, this time in the best Asia video blog/podcast category. The PCIJ Channel, the blog's podcast...

THE International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said it was “heartened” by news of the recent arrest of a suspect in the murder of a journalist. The group also called for “more action” from government to stop other violent attacks on media...

KUALA Lumpur -- The latest buzz in the Malaysian blogosphere is about the apology of a commenter for a remark he (or she) posted on a blog seemingly suggesting that a journalist be shot for an article that disparaged the country's former prime minister,...

IF you missed PCIJ's grand month-long sale which ended just last week, this is your chance to get huge discounts on all our products. We are extending our SONA -- Sale ON All books and magazines, videos, and other products -- up to September 30,...