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…
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…
FROILAN GALLARDO, veteran reporter and photographer based in Cagayan de Oro City who now works with MindaNews, thinks Davao media didn’t give Rodrigo Duterte as…
STELLA ESTREMERA, editor-in-chief of Sun.Star Davao, tells how they understood Rodrigo Duterte in his messages to constituents, says journalists need to look beyond what he…
It’s the job of reporters, editors and opinion makers to understand what the news source says. And that work has been made doubly hard by…
It was the eve of the 2013 Cebu Press Freedom Week and The Freeman junior reporter Jessa Agua had just won the Miss Press Freedom…
There’s this opening scene in a movie where a young farmer chops wood while listening to a radio commentary exposing the town mayor’s abuses, swinging…
Battle on as traditional media loses ground to new media In 40 minutes, the phone said, leave for Ayala Center Cebu to make it in…
Last April 28, 2000, what would’ve been a simple clarificatory hearing on a libel complaint, filed by Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) against Bombo Radyo before…
PACHICO A. SEARES. Columnist, founding editor of three dailies, chairman of Cebu Media Legal Aid There are two ways of looking at the legislated right…
Politicians use media for their messages to the public: information needed for them to push their program of governance and propaganda to defend themselves against…
List of journalists and others working with Cebu news media who were victims of physical violence, threats, and other forms of harassment. TRACKER by Cebu…
Motive is crucial to determining whether the violence or intimidation is work-related and aimed to impair the function of the press. Whatever the reason for…