February 21, 2014 · Posted in: Access to Information, Civil Society, Edsa Special, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, In the News, Media, The Internet, The Judiciary
Media groups plan coordinated protests over the Supreme Court's Cybercrime Act ruling
MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, netizens, and civil society groups will commemorate the 28th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolt on Tuesday, Feb. 25, with a...
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL-PHILIPPINES (AI-PH) is reminding the Philippines that it is a signatory to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and that its current libel laws, including a new one penalizing libel online, are "inconsistent with...
THE COUNTRY'S national organization of journalists has decried the recent decision of the Supreme Court to uphold the online libel provision of Republic Act 10175, otherwise known as the Cybercrime Act.
In a statement sent to news organizations, the...
February 19, 2014 · Posted in: Access to Information, Civil Society, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Journalist Killings, Maguindanao Massacre, Media
"FLAWED" forensic investigations and a cash-strapped witness protection program only exacerbate the state of impunity in the Philippines, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
In an article by CPJ consultant Elisabeth Witchel...
THE HOLIDAYS are over (even Valentines, if you wish to consider that one), but there's a touchy question for Filipinos who simply love to give and receive goodies: When may public officials receive gifts?
Public officials, of course, are supposed to...
THE SUPREME COURT today ended a standoff on the Cybercrime Law that lasted a year and a half by declaring the online libel provision in Republic Act 10175 constitutional.
However, in what many saw as an attempt by the court to recognize free speech...
JOURNALISTS write not for themselves (at least we hope not) but for the communities they serve. This is why journalists dig, probe, and ask uncomfortable questions - to unearth stories that are imbued with the public interest.
For the same reason,...
