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By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Press freedom advocates said the new law could also be used to justify the shutdown of websites that are critical to the government without the necessity of a court warrant and in keeping with the Marcosian tradition of curtailing the freedoms of expression and opinion.
By MARYA SALAMAT
On the occasion of his 80th birthday, family, friends, comrades, and journalists remembered the life and works of a great journalist and revolutionary martyr, Antonio Zumel. Death may have stopped Antumel from continuing with his work in the service of the Filipino people, but his life continues to inspire.
Read also: Saluting a great revolutionary, writer and editor Antonio Zumel
By JOHN RIZLE SALIGUMBA
Radio workers union hailed the strike as pivotal to the resolution of the labor dispute saying that the “weight of workers’ strike (is) a valid and only option to defend the workers” interest, especially with the current “rampant wage freeze and wage hike moratorium among the yellow traditional labor unions.”
By MARYA SALAMAT
While the Radio Mindanao Network’s Davao workers are on strike and the Manila workers battling for the certification of its union, the management, the workers said, has been delaying the negotiations and has been trying to bust the union.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Gani, considered as a giant in the Philippine media industry, is a simple man, a loving father, a passionate teacher and a staunch defender of press freedom.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Ordinary people like me do not understand why our judicial system is like this. Can it be reformed? It is difficult to accept it would take 20 years or 200 years for the case to be resolved.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Theodore Te, lawyer and an advocate of freedom of information, noted that in the Aquino administration’s version of the Freedom of Information bill exceptions are longer than the list of information subject to mandatory disclosure.
Sidebar: Access to information more difficult under Aquino
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Another journalist was killed, three more received threats for exposing corruption.
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