Tuition Fee Hike v.s. Magna Carta of Students

Rey Tamayo, Jr.
Sa kasalukuyang takbo ng pangyayari sa ating bansa, tila baga walang katapusan ang problemang dumarating kay Juan dela Cruz.
Hindi na mapigil ang patuloy na pagsirit ng presyo ng petrolyo sa merkado, ang resulta, tumaas ang singil ng pamasahe sa mga pampublikong jeepney at bus.
Maging ang kakapusan ng supply sa bigas ay ramdam pa [...]

Lawyers, NUJP, CMFR file writ of habeas corpus at the Supreme Court for Adonis

PRESS RELEASE (With photo)
MAY 30, 2008

A petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus was filed today at the Supreme Court for jailed Davao broadcaster, Alexander “Lex” Adonis.
This, after the jail warden of the Davao Prisons and Penal Farm, formerly known as the Davao Penal Colony or Dapecol, refused to release him in [...]

Adonis lawyers, NUJP files petition for writ of habeas corpus today

MEDIA ADVISORY
May 30, 2008

A petition for writ of habeas corpus will be filed at 11:30 am today, May 30, at the Supreme Court by Atty. Harry Roque and Atty. Rommel Bagares in behalf of Alexander Adonis, the Davao journalist currently detained in the Davao Penal Colony (Dapecol) despite posting a P5,000 bail early this week.
The [...]

Radio broadcaster still in jail despite posting bail

28 May 2008

PHILIPPINES

Reporters Without Borders today deplored the continued detention of radio broadcaster Alex Adonis, of dxMF Bombo Radyo, despite his posting of bail after the Davao regional court said he could be freed on this condition. He was sentenced last year to four and a half years in prison for “slandering” a member of [...]

Suspects Win Injunction in Case of Journalist’s Murder in Philippines

IFJ-ASIA
Media Release: Philippines
May 29, 2008

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) requests that courts in the Philippines, particularly the Court of Appeals, seek to ensure that the suspects in the murder of journalist Marlene Grace Esperat face trial.
According to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), an IFJ affiliate, the Court of Appeals [...]