Sheila Coronel, the founding executive director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, adds another feather to her cap next month when she receives the Presidential Teaching Award from Columbia University. The award, which honors five...

This afternoon, news spread quickly that controversial Ombudsman Merceditas N. Gutierrez has resigned from her post. The surprise move comes days before the May 9 start of her Senate impeachment trial. Before 212 members of the legislature voted to...

Thailand's netizens can heave a sigh of relief, at least for now, after the Thai government temporarily put on hold a controversial bill that seeks to strengthen Internet regulations in the country. According to a report by the Southeast Asian Press...

(Source: Mizzima News) Burma’s xenophobic military-dominated government enforces a strictly Orwellian regime of politicized censorship in order to control and restrict the Burmese people’s freedom of expression and access to information via the...

The Philippine journalism community mourns the passing of one of its pillars, veteran journalist and press freedom advocate Jose "Joe" Pavia. Mr. Pavia, former editor of the Philippines Herald and editor-in-chief of the community newspaper Mabuhay,...

AS THE NATION takes its annual Holy Week retreat, the advocates for justice for slain journalists and press freedom protection recall their hopes in your assumption to power and your promise for renewal and change. You campaigned not only on a promise...

THIS WEEK the Office of the Ombudsman finally filed suit – after seven years of supposed preliminary investigation – against some officials in connection with their use of the controversial P728-million fertilizer fund. On Thursday, the Ombudsman...