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Decriminalizing libel: UN declares PH libel law “excessive”

By far the most significant development in the Philippine campaign to decriminalize libel is the United Nations Human Rights Committee’s (UNHRC) October 2011 declaration that the criminal sanction for... Read more

Program review

Cheers to the Manila Bulletin for a review of a television program promoting awareness of the condition of children with special needs. Read more

One-sided

Jeers to The Manila Times for a one-sided report on the Cybercrime Prevention bill which recently passed on third reading in the Senate. Read more

Information overload

Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for publishing on its front page the racy details of a high-society domestic controversy. Read more

Trivial

Jeers to the press for its focus on the love life of President Benigno Aquino III ad nauseam to the detriment of discussion of other issues. Read more

Coalition Welcomes People’s Gains in FOI

The Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition welcomes the recent public endorsement by President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III of the passage of the Freedom of Information (FOI) law... Read more

The audience first, or the public be damned?

What the entry of one more TV news channel into the picture, and the attempt to rethink existing channels into more news-heavy media should mean, is that an audience... Read more

Rappler: making waves?

So what is Rappler.com all about? Read more

“Deep-backgrounding” in broadcast journalism

Jumilla on covering the Corona impeachment trial Read more

TV news crew claims threat from village councilor

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A village councilor allegedly threatened a TV news crew in Cagayan de Oro City last 1 February 2012. The village councilor denied the allegation. Read more