by Ed Lingao DO DYNASTIES love poverty, or does poverty love dynasties? And with so much political and economic inequality in the Philippines, are dynasties the cause, or the effect? An ambitious study conducted by a policy think tank among...

by Malou Mangahas VERY soon, President Benigno S. ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III would be on his way home from New York where he delivered the keynote address at “The Power of Open: A Global Discussion,” of the US-initiated Open Government Partnership...

AN INTERNATIONAL network of freedom of information (FOI) advocates has noted with concern the failure of President Benigno S. Aquino III to make a clear and firm stand on freedom of information legislation that remains pending before the Philippine...

by The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility THE TRIAL of the alleged masterminds in the killing of journalist Marlene Esperat will resume as the 21st division of the Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) - Mindanao station denied their petition for...

The following is a statement by the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition on the Philippine Government's refusal to prioritize the Freedom of Information Bill. The statement was issued just a few days before President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers the...

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) joins the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) it its appeal to the Burmese government to release a group of journalists who were imprisoned for merely doing their job of covering events in their...

The international media group Reporters Without Borders has condemned the six month prison sentence imposed by an Indonesian court on a radio station manager, calling the sentence "disproportionate" and "politically motivated." In a letter to...