by Cong B. Corrales MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS have expressed deepening concern over what they called the "outright suppression of freedom of expression and press freedom" in Thailand after the Thai military seized power last May 22. The Thai...

text and video clips by Julius D. Mariveles FORMER TAGUM MAYOR Rey Uy says the primary witness of Human Rights Watch who accused him of forming a local death squad is merely a disgruntled former employee who has been linked to several murder...

Responders gather the remains of the victims of the Maguindanao Massacre MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS have expressed alarm and dismay over the decision by government prosecutors handling the 2009 Maguindanao Massacre case to rest their case in both the bail...

SHE STAYED with us for just one day, yet the story of Diona Andrea, granddaughter of the late New People's Army spokesman Gregorio "Ka Roger" Rosal, continues to haunt the Philippine government. Diona died a day after she was born on Sunday to Ka...

THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN PRESS ALLIANCE (SEAPA), a regional network of media organizations, has expressed grave concern over the recent imposition of martial law in Thailand and the resulting crackdown on media freedoms in the country. SEAPA is...

by Cong B. Corrales and Julius D. Mariveles A FORMER CITY MAYOR and member of the ruling Liberal Party allegedly placed members of a vigilante-type death squad under the city's payroll during his term in a brazen show of impunity and a reflection of...

HALF OF CONGRESS has already done its part for the Freedom of Information bill, with the Senate passing Senate Bill 1733 or the People's FOI Act on March 10 this year. The other half, however, is still waffling around in the House of Representatives,...