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Still no alias warrant for alleged masterminds in Esperat slay

The Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Makati has deferred resolution of the prosecution’s second motion for the issuance of alias warrants of arrest against the alleged masterminds in the... Read more

Saint George as the dragon

TO THE English philosopher Edmund Burke we owe the observation that among the three Estates (the Aristocracy, the Clergy, and the Commons) in Parliament is a Fourth: the Press.... Read more

For press freedom and freedom of information: Oppose HB 5835 and SB 2965

Certain members of the 15th Congress apparently have no knowledge of, or have chosen to ignore, the fact that freedom of information is a human right, and that the... Read more

A walking smoke bomb

ANY NEWS subject who likes to hide simply cannot abide Raissa Robles: she’s a walking smoke bomb. And she has never been so challenged, she herself admits, as during the... Read more

Media and Leaks

No need to review the decision of the Senate Impeachment Court. The law is clear. “The Senate shall have the sole power to try and decide all cases... Read more

The media and human rights (Updated)

A PHILIPPINE delegation headed by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has left the country for Geneva, Switzerland to attend the second cycle of the United Nations Universal Periodic... Read more

Radio commentator threatened in Facebook

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio commentator and station manager in Bugasong, Antique received a death threat in his Facebook account last 18 May 2012. Bugasong, Antique is 412 kilometers... Read more

Misplaced sympathy

NO MATTER if brought upon oneself, misery is bound to attract sympathy. It all seems a natural arrangement, one that tends even to affirm such innate goodness of man... Read more

Corona’s Cheek

I found it difficult to listen to the lengthy remarks of Renato Corona, besieged Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who on the 40th day of the impeachment trial... Read more

Local electric cooperative exec files libel charges against correspondent

The Masbate City Prosecutor’s Office has recommended the filing of libel charges against a journalist accused of maligning an official of the provincial electrical cooperative. The journalist claimed he... Read more

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