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Killing of journalists/media workersBlocktimers and volunteers

JUST TWO days into the year 2013, a radio anchor was killed in the city of San Pablo, Laguna province. The victim, city councilor and dentist Edgardo “Egay” Adajar,... Read more

Suspicious

JEERS To the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a practice that can only lead to readers’ suspecting that there’s a “special arrangement” between certain reporters and Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago.... Read more

Part 1: The fate of print…

I think I’m reconciled to the idea that I belong in the last generation of writers and readers on paper. Indeed, what I see is no mere generational gap,... Read more

FOI Timeline

CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for a story on President Benigno Aquino and his fading support for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. Read more

FOI in ICU: A Call for Rescue by P-Noy

THE FREEDOM of Information (FOI) Bill is on the throes of death. With just six session days left before the House of Representatives adjourns for the May 2013 election campaign,... Read more

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

The year that was in the news media

PRESIDENT BENIGNO S. Aquino III was exceptionally critical of the press in 2012, among his complaints being inaccuracy and its alleged focus on the bad news that he said... Read more

Cebu opinion column disappears, suspended gov eyed

A DAILY newspaper and a tabloid in the province of Cebu started the new year without a long-running opinion column. The city’s suspended governor, a relative of the publishers,... Read more

Libel complaint against editor, media researcher dismissed (UPDATED)

A prosecutor dismissed a libel complaint filed by a physician against the online news editor and the head of research of a Manila-based media network for insufficiency... Read more

Legislative attempts to curtail free expressionTRO stops RA 10175 implementation

THE MOST contentious law so far affecting online expression as well as print and broadcast media was signed into law at the end of the third quarter of 2012.... Read more