Congress seeks to fix venue of libel to place where community journalist lives, works
Bills now pending in Congress narrow the venue of the filing of libel cases to the place where the journalist lives or works, or where…
Olga Marie “Gingging” Campaña, 46
A week after suffering from a brain hemorrhage indicating an aneurysm, Olga Marie “Gingging” A. Campaña, news editor of SunStar Cebu, died on January 18,…
Mercado receives Asia Communication Award
Journalism icon Juan Mercado finally received his silver plaque as 2014 AMIC Asia Communication Awardee three years after having been recognized by the group for…
FOI executive order: Can it overcome secrecy, corruption?
IN THE Philippines’ long-running effort to get a freedom of information (FOI) law passed, President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to move on the matter without Congress…
Watching media cover the elections
A year-long effort to enrich election coverage In the highly politicized Philippines, elections are major events. In the May 2010 elections, candidates, promises, foibles and…
