DIGITAL media should facilitate the flow of ideas, says University of the Philippines film professor Tilman Baumgärtel. Yet there is a real danger that the exchange of ideas might become harder -- even impossible -- in the digital age. Baumgärtel...

I REPORT's current addictions feature discovers that while getting hooked on pornography would have taken some doing less than two decades ago, the proliferation of relatively cheap bootleg sex DVDs, as well as increasing access to the Internet, has made...

BANGKOK — Gathered here last week to take part in network capacity-building activities to mark the 8th founding year of the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), representatives of various journalist, media, and free expression organizations from...

LAST year, opposition Reps. Rolex Suplico and Teddy Casiño accused President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of using the road users' tax to buy votes against her impeachment. It was by no means a small amount, as consumers paid P8 billion in taxes to the road...

JOURNALISTS will soon give First Gentleman Mike Arroyo a taste of his own medicine. Forty-two out of the 43 journalists facing libel charges filed by Arroyo are filing a class-action civil suit against the First Gentleman. They hope to raise the...

BANGKOK — Apparently affected by criticisms that it has not made significant progress in pushing the country back on the path of democracy, the ruling military council in Thailand has come out with a white paper to explain the key events and reasons for...

A NEW global report on AIDS has placed the prevalence rate in the Philippines “well under 0.1 percent” of the adult population -- less serious than most of its neighbors. The UNAIDS report, however, said there is no guarantee that such situation...