Recognizing that the right to information is constitutional, the Department of Education (DepEd) assured that it will continue its efforts to make sure that the free exchange of information is “unhindered and accessible” to every Filipino citizen through the implementation of Freedom of...
Cabinet Secretary and Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Nograles said the Palace respects the opinion of presidential daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio when it comes to the non-discrimination of unvaccinated persons against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). President Rodrigo...
Activists conducting demonstrations and protest rallies will not be treated as terrorists even if they condemn and go against the policies of the government in the same breath that press freedom will outmostly be respected by authorities. This was assured by Department of the Interior and Local...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo hopes that the Supreme Court will resolve all concerns raised against the controversial Anti-Terror Law that some critics said will lead to more red-tagging of government critics. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo noted the advisory from the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima said the libel and cyberlibel charges that Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi had filed against some members of the press over their coverage of the controversial Malampaya gas field buyout were frivolous and baseless. De Lima likened the suits filed by Cusi against the...
Senator Richard Gordon on Sunday lauded the decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to grant Rappler CEO Maria Ressa’s petition to allow her to travel to Oslo, Norway and personally receive her Nobel Peace Prize for 2021. Gordon said the CA’s decision sends a strong message to the whole world...
The lawsuit filed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi against seven media organizations, including the Manila Bulletin, for publishing a story on him and Davao City-based businessman Dennis Uy facing a graft complaint over irregularities in the Malampaya gas field buyout was meant to stifle freedom of...
Editorial Andres Bonifacio shares with Jose Rizal the distinction of being honored on a non-working holiday for his contribution to the shaping of a national identity among Filipinos. While Rizal is honored on the date of his martyrdom, the Bonifacio commemoration coincides with his birthday. Born...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has renewed calls for legislators to support and pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) Bill in the remainder of President Duterte’s term. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (PCOO) During the Annual FOI Awards on Wednesday, November 24,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is this year’s recipient of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Award. (DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña's Facebook page) In a Facebook post, DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the Presidential Communications...
A broad network of Filipino teachers, researchers, school administrators, and other education professionals commended the University of the Philippines Board of Regents (UP BOR) for “unanimously approving” a resolution on the institutionalization of the UP-DND (Department of National Defense)...
Filipino teachers, researchers, school administrators, and other education professionals called out Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Popoy De Vera for “justifying” the removal of so-called subversive books from libraries of various universities nationwide. (Photo from Unsplash)...
