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Coalitions wanted

Non-governmental organizations, or NGOs, have been recognized in the laws of many states as expressions of the right to association, but have also come about because of the political... Read more

FOI and FOE in the campaign agenda

Access to government-held information is the necessary condition for transparency in governance, and for empowering the citizenry to hold its elected officials to account. It is equally crucial... Read more

FOI and FOE in the campaign agenda

Both the right to information and freedom of expression should be in the agenda of press and public discourse in the 2013 elections, and should help transform an otherwise... Read more

Media organizations decry ‘right of reply’ rule

Press freedom advocates and media organizations are asking the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to reconsider a resolution it issued last January 16 in connection with the upcoming... Read more

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

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

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. Content analysis of the... Read more

On a learning curve in a world of change

IN A complex and fast-changing world, journalists cannot be dismissive of the continuing need to learn. They can no longer claim that they have seen and done everything. The... Read more

Media endorsing candidates

United States (US) newspapers endorsed their preferred candidate for President a few days before the November 6 US elections. On the day of the elections themselves, some of the... Read more

Nuisance candidates all

THE PHILIPPINE media were having a field day last week at the expense of the usual batch of so-called "nuisance candidates" for various posts including the Senate who, every... Read more