Archive for June, 2014

SUPPORTERS of the long-delayed Freedom of Information (FOI) bill hold a Town Hall meeting at the University of the Philippines Bahay ng Alumni building on Tuesday, July 1, to kick off a mass sign-on of an online/offline petition asking President...

Broadcaster CheChe Lazaro is presented the McLuhan Award by Jamie Christoff of the Canadian Embassy (photos: Cong Corrales) IN THE DAILY RUSH to cover stories of disaster, conflict, or corruption, journalists must never forget that most basic tenet...

CMFR's Melinda de Jesus with PCIJ's Malou Mangahas, CCJD's Red Batario, and NUJP's Weng Paraan (photo:Cong Corrales) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ago, two media organizations came into being in the midst of the turmoil and tempest of the growing Philippine...

YOU HAVE probably heard that phrase so many times in the news that it already rings with familiarity: "The Supreme Court, sitting en banc..." It would really be interesting to find out just how many newspaper and online readers and TV news viewers...

WE CATCH this phrase all the time in the news, especially in the wake of the arrests of two senators for the pork barrel scandal: "Plunder, a non-bailable offense." Many people have already taken it for granted that all capital offenses, offenses which...

WE APOLOGIZE for the apparent hangover from our 25th year anniversary celebrations, but a quarter century really is significant by anyone's standards. And with that, we would like to show you some more scenes from the housewarming activity for the...

THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN PRESS ALLIANCE (SEAPA) has raised the alarm over a series of lawsuits filed by the prime ministers of Singapore and Malaysia against online sites, saying this was a kind of bullying to shield officials from public scrutiny and...