Monitors: online

Not just waiting for eruptions
If you want to get comprehensive information about the volcanoes in the country that have been showing increased activity, just click on GMA-7 website which carries a “Volcano Alert.” It gives updates and fast facts on the Bulusan and Mayon volcanoes as well as alert signals that the public should be aware of. The country’s six most active volcanoes, which include Mayon and Bulusan, are monitored by the network (click here).

Bulatlat, in its July 2-8 issue, looked into a bill seeking to reinstate the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). Youth groups see the bill as a possible source of corruption for ROTC officials and a counter-insurgency arm for the military (“ROTC Revival to Boost Anti-Insurgency Drive?”).

Fighting for all Nicoles
Reporters following the Subic rape case might want to visit the blogsite not just for updates and articles about the case but also about the facts and figures about rape incidents in the Philippines. The site, which is maintained by the Nicole Information Bureau, also carries the myths and truths behind the crime of rape as well as legal provisions on rape. It also tells readers what to do if somebody gets raped.

Fighting for freedom
While the press generally stopped reporting on Radyo Cagayano after the initial reports on the July 2 razing of the station, Bulatlat had a follow-up in its July 9-15 issue. The online site featured how the staff of the non-profit community radio station, which military elements accused of being a radio station of the communist New People’s Army, has been trying to rebuild the station (“The Radio station the farmers built: Radyo Cagayano: Burned But Not Silenced”).

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