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The ‘Thrilla in NAIA’

THE SO-CALLED “Thrilla in NAIA” is far from over. As of press time, the dispute had become a legal one between the camps of broadcaster and columnist Ramon... Read more

Journalists urge Rules of Court review

THE SLOW progress of the Ampatuan Massacre trial is typical of how the rules governing Philippine legal procedures have resulted in the delay of the prosecution of suspected wrong-doers,... Read more

Libel suit against journalist dismissed

The City Prosecution Office of General Santos City dismissed last June 29 a libel suit filed by a former public official against a journalist. Read more

International Crisis

A Thailand criminal court on May 30 found an online editor guilty of violating the Computer Crimes Act (CCA) of 2007 for not deleting quickly enough from her website... Read more

What pledge?

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for reminding its readers that President Benigno S. Aquino III pledged to waive his rights to bank secrecy during the... Read more

Tackling judicial appointments

CHEERS TO VERA Files for its three-part special on judicial appointments. “The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is now the focus of national attention as it begins the process of... Read more

Gunman in slay attempt against broadcaster found guilty

A Makati City court has convicted the gunman in the attempt on the life of a Cagayan de Oro City-based radio broadcaster of frustrated murder last June 2012. The... Read more

Comprehensive report

CHEERS TO Aksyon for a comprehensive report on an allegedly hazardous road construction project that will connect Oriental and Occidental Mindoro. Read more

Afable, 95

FILIPINO JOURNALIST and social advocate Cecilia Elena Cariño Afable died of pulmonary sepsis last June 12. She was 95. She was of Ibaloi descent, her mother’s father being a... Read more

Reporting the Scarborough disputeContext, context, context

ON THE news front burner since April, the Panatag Shoal territorial dispute between the Philippines and China escalated on April 10 in a tense naval confrontation between the two... Read more