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Worst assault on free expression since 1972

THE CYBERCRIME Prevention Act of 2012 is the worst assault on free expression since Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law 40 years ago if only for its potential to affect... Read more

Push, Pass the FOI Act Now!

The media and other groups in the Right to Know. Right Now! Coalition that has been campaigning for a Freedom of Information Act have declared Aug. 15 as ... Read more

The president and the news media

IN APRIL President Benigno Aquino III addressed the annual general assembly of the Philippine Press Institute (ppi), our organization of newspapers, and ruffled plumes among our proud members as... 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

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Pooled editorial on the Second anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre Referring to the extrajudicial killings that were so much a part of the past Arroyo administration,... Read more

A progress report

CHEERS TO the news organizations which reviewed President Benigno Aquino III’s campaign and inaugural promises in time for the 2011 State of the Nation Address (SONA). Read more

Slow news day

Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for wasting newspaper space with a story on a “perplexed” President Benigno Aquino III over a Math problem he received through text. Read more

Reporting year one of the Aquino administration

SWEPT TO power in 2010 by a majority unprecedented in the country’s history, President Benigno Aquino III started his inaugural speech with the statement to the people that “Kayo... Read more

CommentaryIn defense of free expression

THE TEMPEST over artist Mideo Cruz’ art installation underscored one of the ironies of Philippine society. There are no laws explicitly partial to religious groups, but journalists, artists,... Read more

Press freedom in Aquino’s first year: Unfulfilled promises and fading hopes

HIS SUPPOSED commitment to free expression and a free press was part of then Sen. Benigno Aquino III’s announced platform during his campaign for the Philippine presidency. Aquino promised... Read more