BY DINT OF BOTH FATE and human failure, the Philippines seems wedded to disasters and natural calamities. It is not only exposed, it is also vulnerable to disasters. Its location in the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean, opens the Philippines to...

THE TRAGEDIES brought about by the earthquake and the supertyphoon have shown us just how little we know about what is allowed and disallowed by law when it comes to disasters and crises. Since the Philippines is such a disaster-prone country (and here...

THE THIRD COMMITTEE of the United Nations General Assembly on November 26 passed a resolution on the safety or journalists and the issue of impunity, among others setting 2 November as the "International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against...

EACH UNRESOLVED CASE of violence against journalists is an open invitation for even more violence. This was the message - and the reminder - of United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression Frank La Rue to the Philippines on the 4th...

THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON public information and mass media has given its technical working group (TWG) only until the middle of February to consolidate at least 19 different versions of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill for the consideration of the...

Text and Photos by Cong B. Corrales THOUSANDS of people from all walks of life huffed and puffed and took part in the benefit run for the supertyphoon victims at the Quezon City Memorial Circle last weekend, but the more challenging part of Yolanda...

WHAT follows is the full statement of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) on comments made by Communications Secretary Herminio 'Sonny' Coloma that under the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III, there is no culture of impunity...