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Explanation please
JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for not explaining a legal term it used in its Oct. 23 report. Read more
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POOLED EDITORIAL: Take a stand, don’t cop out on FOI
IT IS the season of elections and all political parties and candidates are wont to spin a slew of promises yet again in their drive for votes. Read more
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Media Damnation (updated)
THE PHILIPPINE news media have a problem: how to make what’s turning into one of the most boring elections in Philippine history interesting as well as meaningful to a... Read more
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Nine-Day People’s Vigil for FOIStart FOI debate today (Jan. 21), advocates urge Belmonte, Gonzales
THE BROAD coalition of Freedom of Information (FOI) advocates on Sunday urged Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II to allow the sponsorship and start plenary... Read more
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Community journalist found guilty of indirect contempt
A local publisher-editor was found guilty January 18, 2013 of an indirect contempt charge initiated by the executive judge of the Regional Trial Court of Virac, Catanduanes. Read more
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Supreme Court discourse on Cybercrime Law
I THINK the online community in the Philippines should take some time to listen in on the presentation of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court against the Cybercrime... Read more
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Journalist accused of indirect contempt jailed prior to hearing
A publisher-editor had been detained at a local police camp in Virac, Catanduanes since 15 January 2013, following an order to arrest him for the hearing of a trial... Read more
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Free TV, the tabloids and elections
THE PHILIPPINE media have often been accused of bias in the coverage of elections. But inadequacy rather than partiality has been their more telling flaw. Read more
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MediaNation 9Focus on corruption
THIS YEAR’S “MediaNation (MN) 9” opened with the theme “Corruption in the Media” on Nov. 23, the third anniversary of the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre and the second... Read more
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Anonymous text message alleges plan to kill journalist
Two journalists in Kidapawan City in the province of Cotabato received a text message last 13 January 2013 from an unknown sender alleging a politician’s plot to kill another... Read more