- News
Report flags weak transparency in 19th Congress laws
3 MIN READOnly 55 of 378 laws enacted by the 19th Congress from July 25, 2022, to June 30, 2025, contained transparency-related provisions, according to “Uneven Transparency,” a report by Jenina Joy Chavez and Matthew Volante for the Right to Know Right Now Coalition.
- Feature
A final salute to Rene Cortes, peoples’ lawyer
5 MIN READA lawyer committed to serving those on the margins, whose efforts helped shape human rights lawyering in the Cordillera and Northern Luzon.
- Opinion
When Dissent Becomes ‘Terrorism’
4 MIN READCounter-terrorism frameworks, red-tagging, and preventive designation systems are turning political participation, land struggles, and environmental defense into security risks.
FACT CHECK
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OPINIONS
EDITORIAL
Against all odds, journalism endures
2 MIN READTaken together, local data and global findings point to a consistent pattern: legal pressure, harassment, and intimidation are shaping the conditions under which journalists work.
COMMENTARY
The Dearth of Constitutional Comprehension
3 MIN READMedia can continue amplifying conflicts among experts and treating constitutional controversies as spectacles, or it can embrace a broader educational mission and help citizens develop the skills necessary to read, understand, and discuss the Constitution for themselves.
STATEMENT
On the Red-tagging of Nordis Contributors Iggy Lami-ing and JJ Buenaventura
2 MIN READBeyond the psychological turmoil many of us have experienced and continue to endure, and the disruption of our work, red-tagging has cost our ranks their freedom and their lives.
LETTER
Disability Organizations, Take a Stand
< 1 MIN READDespite legal frameworks on disability affairs, the state still enforces eugenics and ableism that contradict the common good of the Philippine disability community.
