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There were times when I questioned the one-term policy for Philippine presidents built into the 1987 Constitution — which I think was included due to a knee-jerk reaction to fears of having a repeat of the Marcos dictatorship. But with this sitting president, I am more than glad for it! Benigno Aquino III has once [...]

After the President’s communications staff blundered with their confused statements regarding the newly-enacted Cybercrime Prevention Act, an official pronouncement from Malacañang has now been issued. It reads like an attempt to placate the Filipino netizenry. And I found it offensive. We have been clamoring against RA10175′s vagueness, among other things. The very first sentence of [...]

All across the globe, more and more governments are becoming Big Brother-ish over the Internet. China is probably the model that they aspire to, what with Beijing’s unprecedented and omnipotent censorship mechanism that is often called the Great Firewall of China. But you know what? At least in China — as a friend pointed out [...]

[Media Release] The Senate and the House of Representatives have agreed to advance the resumption of its session to 24 May 2010, Monday, instead of its original schedule of 31 May. When the House of Representatives convenes on this day, we, representatives of over 100 organizations and coalitions comprising public-interest groups, environmental protection advocates, independent [...]

There has been much talk about this piece of law for several months now. And it seems to be reaching its crescendo from the beginning of the year. The proposed Right of Reply bill is not a concern of media alone. In the time where blogs and other online media are contributing to the news [...]