IT'S THE EVE of the last session day of the House of Representatives, and the death watch for the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill has begun. By all indications, the election campaign -- not the FOI nor any other reform bills -- is on top of mind of a...

A SHOOTING ATTACK on four cars belonging to television station ASTV in Thailand that was carried out by unidentified people early morning of Jan. 26, 2013 has raised serious concern from the Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres or...

HERE'S a story of guts -- the lone voice in President Aquino's Cabinet who has come out openly, strongly, clearly for the passage of the Freedom of Information bill. Nearly all the rest of them, meanwhile, has chosen to shut up, pay lip-service or...