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Beyond economics

BY LUIS V. TEODORO DRAFTED IN the wake of the bitter struggles of the martial law period, and drawing from the lessons of that experience, the 1987 Constitution... Read more

IT’S BEGINNING to look like a stretch, but assuming the integrity of the May 2013 mid-term exercise—meaning the votes cast were accurately counted by the Comelec’s problematic PCOS machines... Read more

Internet perils

RELYING for information on Twitter, Facebook, other social media networks, blogs, or the Internet in general can be perilous for journalists, and therefore, for the public they’re supposed to... Read more

Enough

ONE COULD argue that whatever happens to Kris Aquino matters. Not only is she the daughter of Ninoy and Cory Aquino; she is also one of the sisters... Read more

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

Papal Bull

THE RESIGNATION of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope has been in Philippine news media—in TV, radio, and print—from the time he first announced his intention to resign the Papacy up... Read more

Challenge to the dominant press

THE PHILIPPINES has a long alternative press tradition that goes back to the reform and revolutionary movements of the late 19th century—from Marcelo H. Del Pilar’s Diariong Tagalog, to... 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