WAS it wrong reading of a story or simply a wrong story? Apparently, it was both and more: A case of confused antecedents. Who cracked the joke about the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill being unnecessary, given the openness and transparency policy of...

WE got it wrong. We posted a blog based on a wrong report published in The Philippine Star. Communication Secretary Ricky Carandang did not crack the joke about the passage of the Freedom of Information bill being unnecessary, given the openness...

SOMETIME late on the evening of August 15, 2012, the number of followers of the Twitter account of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism breached the 100,000th mark. By nightfall on August 16, the PCIJ Twitter Account already had 100,230...

MEDIA AND CITIZENS GROUPS  throughout the country observed FOI Day today with a pooled editorial in support of the long-delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and a concerted push to have Congress finally approve the measure before legislators start...

PRINT, BROADCAST, AND ONLINE news organizations are publishing a pooled editorial on Wednesday, August 15 2012 to press Congress to finally enact the long-delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng...

THE SUN SHONE on Thursday signalling an end to a two-day monsoon siege that left much of the metropolis in a virtual waterworld. But as Metro Manilans piled out to take in the sun, they also came out to take stock of their surroundings, and perhaps...

WITH METRO MANILA going underwater for the second straight day, more and more people are turning to social media to help identify people in peril and to direct resources where they are most urgently needed. For this purpose, we are reposting the link...