April 13, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Civil Society, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Human Rights, In the News, Journalist Killings, Local Government, Media, Money Politics, Peace and Conflict
A FORMER correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer was shot dead noontime today, April 13, 2015, in Batangas City.
The Inquirer reported that a motorcycle-riding gunman shot dead Melinda "Mei" Magsino-Lubis, 41, in the village of Balagtas. She...
April 10, 2015 · Posted in: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Bangsamoro, Charter Change, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Human Rights, In the News, Mamasapano, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, The Economy, The Judiciary, Women, Youth and Education
Peace Council for the BBL holds first meeting
MEMBERS of a peace council created by Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III to raise public awareness on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law are buckling down to work after holding their first meeting...
April 8, 2015 · Posted in: Civil Society, Culture, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Investigative Reports, Migrant Workers Issues, The Economy, Women
IT all started with a tweet by a fashion designer who found the "yaya meals" being served at the exclusive Balesin Island Club as "offensive."
Beyond the "yaya meals" issue, however, is something deeper.
"The yaya phenomenon — women leaving their...
ON DECEMBER 5, 2014, the American magazine Rolling Stone published on its website an apology for its readers over a controversial story titled "A Rape on Campus."
"We published the article with the firm belief that it was accurate. Given all of these...
WE are reposting this article originally titled “Thailand's Gen. Prayut - a new 'predator of press freedom'" published on the Reporters Without Borders website on April 3, 2015.
Media freedom has declined dramatically in Thailand in the ten months...
WE are reposting this article originally titled "Five journalists arrested in crackdown on independent media" published on the Reporters Without Borders website on March 31, 2015.
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of a total of five...
