Right of Reply Archives

The FOI watch

He didn't mention it in his fifth State of the Nation Address, but President Benigno Aquino III has included the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in his list of... Read more

Arroyo redux?

IN 2010 the election to the Presidency of Benigno S. Aquino III seemed to herald, if not the coming of a free expression regime, at least the promise... 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

Prickly points of practice

HERE, AGAIN, are discussions of points raised with me now and then by students of journalism as well as practitioners and outsiders who have to deal with them—news subjects... Read more

FOI: foiled again

AS THE 15th Congress prepared to adjourn on Dec. 22 for the year-end holidays, the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill remains stalled in the legislative process. Read more

The price of (limited) success

EVERY PHILIPPINE President since Marcos has been critical of the press and has demanded that it behave in a manner acceptable to government. Marcos’ main complaint, as it was... Read more

The price of (limited) success

EVERY PHILIPPINE President since Marcos has been critical of the press and has demanded that it behave in a manner acceptable to government. Marcos’ main complaint, as it was... Read more

FOI Bill: Certify Urgent!

THE FREEDOM of Information bill (FOI) in the Senate and in the House of Representatives has advanced despite the odds, having passed the respective committees. FOI is now... Read more

An underhanded law

THE PRESIDENT’S remark that proper news practitioners should have no reason to worry if the Right of Reply Law passes is not only patronizing but also inversely misleading. It... Read more

An underhanded law (Updated)

THE PRESIDENT’S remark that proper news practitioners should have no reason to worry if the Right of Reply Law passes is not only patronizing but also inversely misleading. It... Read more