September 20, 2012 · Posted in: General
THE FAMILY OF murdered Palawan broadcast journalist Gerry Ortega has filed a disbarment case against one of the defense lawyers in the Ortega murder case after finding out that the lawyer accompanied the two principal accused in their flight out of the...
September 18, 2012 · Posted in: General
On September 21, Friday, Filipinos will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law. It is a date of remembrance and respect, for the many who braved the Martial Law regime at a time when to do so was seen as sheer madness. But...
September 17, 2012 · Posted in: General
SEN SERGIO 'Serge' Osmeña III on Monday, Sept. 17, accused former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo of orchestrating a case of alleged “serial plunder” that allowed her and her associates “to overprice by tens of billions the P111-billion...
September 17, 2012 · Posted in: General
ALMOST two years ago to the day, Atty. Romeo T. Capulong delivered what might have been his swan song as "a people's lawyer." "Alternative lawyering," he said in a speech before a congress of lawyers, was his own "treasured journey of...
September 14, 2012 · Posted in: General
SWEDEN is best in the world at putting the Web to work, ahead of the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a new global study launched by Tim Berners-Lee, on behalf of the Web Foundation. Out of the 61 developed and developing countries...
September 11, 2012 · Posted in: General
WHOEVER SAID THAT the stalled Freedom of Information (FOI) bill is only meant to benefit the media apparently doesn't have his ear to the ground - or his browser on Facebook. Youth groups sounded the call for the immediate passage of the long-delayed...
September 11, 2012 · Posted in: General
THE YOUTH and students have spoken: They want to see the Freedom of Information Act passed pronto! Organizations of the youth and students launched this week the FOI Youth Initiative (FYI) on Facebook, in their resolve to be fully involved in the...
