Dear Mr. President: Request for meeting on the Freedom of Information Bill
(Open Letter) 02 May 2011 His Excellency BENIGNO S. AQUINO III President of the Philippines Malacañan Palace Manila Subject: Request for meeting on the Freedom...
Whither FOI? PNoy execs plead more time, dialogue
By Jaemark Tordecilla Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Last of Two Parts (Continuation from Part 1 – Access to information under PNoy : Some open...
Live tweets of @ReallyVirtual on Osama Bin Laden Raid
I found out that one twitter user , Sohaib Athar, virtually live-blogged about the attack on Osama Bin Laden without knowing it. Reading through the...
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Twitter broke the news
Twitter first broke the news. At 10:25 @keithurban , the former chief of staff for Bush’s Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, broke the news. “So I’m...
Voter registration and validation starts May 3
James Jimenez on Twitter sent out a reminder: “Don’t forget! Voter registration and validation starts tomorrow, May 3, at the COMELEC Office in the city...
Access to information under PNoy : Some open spaces, many closed corners
By The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism First of Two Parts (second part is here) DRIFT and confusion. Some pockets of transparency but most everywhere,...
Is Willie Revillame Really Helping the Poor?
WILLING WILLIE: SUMS BOTH PALTRY AND STUPEFYING In less than a week, the controversial show Willing Willie is supposed to go back on air after...
Shattering the silence: An open letter to the Philippine writing community
This is an open letter to the writing community in the light of Krip Yuson plagiarism From the moment that sports blogger Jaemark Tordecilla brought...
One Year After the Elections: Where’s the FOI?
Indeed, a year has passed since the elections and Freedom of Information Bill is still hanging. Malou Mangahas sent me an email about the the...
Photos: President Aquino accepts the resignation letter personally handed by former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez
President Benigno Simeon Aquino III accepts the resignation letter personally handed by former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez in a brief meeting at the Private Office, Premier...
My Twitter coverage on the Royal Wedding
An official photo of Prince William and his fiancee Catherine Middleton, released April 28, 2011. (Credit: Mario Testino) “We are both so delighted that you...
Risa Hontiveros says Catholic Church’s name-calling shows it has lost the RH battle
Former Akbayan Representative Risa Hontiveros today slammed Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ (CBCP) Vice-President Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma for branding advocates of the Reproductive...
Complaint filed against Willie Revillame on Child Abuse as defined under RA 7610 (updated)
Today, the Department of Social Welfare and Development through Secretary Dinky Soliman filed a complaint against Willie Revillame. Together with Father Robert Reyes, End Child...
Passage of RH bill this year is imminent, says women’s group
Despite the constant below-the-belt-attacks from some Catholic bishops, priests and lay leaders, the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill continuously draws support from major decision-makers of...
Leadership Vacuum
A leader is a must in every organization. One must be knowledgeable, skilled, experienced and sometimes with appeal. One might be the key to one...