June 11, 2013 | In: 2013 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Freedom of Information, Governance, Media, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch, Online Research, Paper Chase, The Judiciary
IN WHAT MANY are hoping could be the end of a two-decade drought of information in the judiciary, the Supreme Court en banc approved an August 2012 request by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for the release of the statements...
June 11, 2013 | In: 2013 Elections, Access to Information, Congress Watch, Culture, Freedom of Information, Gloriagate, Governance, Investigative Reports, Local Government, Media, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch, The Judiciary
AMONG ITS MANY EXCUSES for being, the government is supposed to combat crime and corruption. Those elected to office thus take a solemn oath before God, Country, and Constitution to uphold, defend, and rule by the laws of the land.
Our latest two-part...
ON June 30, 2013, the 16th Congress of the Republic of the Philippines will be installed, with the newly elected senators, and district and party-list representatives as members.
A co-equal branch of the executive and the judiciary, Congress has been...
June 3, 2013 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Cross Border, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Human Rights, Journalist Killings, Maguindanao Massacre, Media, Peace and Conflict, The Judiciary
THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN PRESS ALLIANCE (SEAPA) on Monday welcomed the precedent-setting inquest ruling of a Bangkok Criminal Court finding Thai security forces responsible for the death of Italian photojournalist Fabio Polenghi, during a crackdown by state...
FOR the second year in a row, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has been selected as one of 72 finalists from 19 countries in the 2013 Data Journalism Awards (DJA) by The Global Editors Network (GEN).
The PCIJ's four-part report...
May 2, 2013 | In: 2013 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Cross Border, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, Human Rights, Journalist Killings, Media, Noynoy Watch, The Judiciary
TOMORROW, MAY 3, is World Press Freedom Day.
Yet instead of joyful celebration, solemn tribute through action on the cases of journalists who had been killed, and whose killers remain at large, should mark the day, according to the New York-based...
FOR the second year in a row, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) has been selected as one of 72 finalists from 19 countries in the 2013 Data Journalism Awards (DJA) by The Global Editors Network (GEN).
The PCIJ's four-part report...
