Exercise care, responsibility in posting online, netizens urged

Juli Ann M. Sibi 09/25/2015

THESE days anyone with a WiFi connection and a mobile device can upload videos, photos and stories that can be seen by anyone around the world. Fleire Castro, a social media marketing consultant and founder of Third…

Libel case arraignment vs. Nalzaro deferred pending DOJ appeal ruling

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/29/2015

The arraignment of columnist-broadcaster  Pablito “Bobby” Nalzaro on a charge of libel was reset to Aug. 17. Judge Generosa Labra of the Regional Trial Court Branch 23 said she will suspend the arraignment and  related proceedings for…

Court suspends arraignment of Nalzaro

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/28/2015

While waiting for a ruling from the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Cebu City trial court deferred the arraignment of media practitioner Pablito “Bobby” Nalzaro who was sued for libel by former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña.…

New judge for Nalzaro libel case

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/23/2015

A NEW judge will take over the libel case filed by former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña against tri-media personality Pablito “Bobby” Nalzaro. Judge Ricky Jones Macabaya of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 6 in Cebu…

GMA retrenches 200 staff to ‘streamline’ reg’l stations

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jhunnex Napallacan 04/26/2015

Network scraps morning TV program in Cebu; Layoff focuses on news  teams   in  Cebu, Bacolod, Davao, Naga, Cagayan de Oro,  and Ilocos TV correspondent Jun Veliganio was about to go on air to deliver a live report…

Rama assures media access; ‘protocol should be followed’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 04/24/2015

Cebu City Hall officials should always be accessible to their constituents and to the media. Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said this as he assured the media in yesterday’s 38th quarterly meeting of the Cebu Citizens Press…

Libel rap against Nalzaro to get a full-blown trial

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 04/15/2015

The libel complaint  filed by former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña against columnist-broadcaster  Bobby Nalzaro will get a full-blown court trial. Prosecutor Jesus Rodrigo Taga-an recommended elevating the  libel charges against Nalzaro to  the Regional Trial Court…

Ampatuan out on bail

03/09/2015

MANILA, Philippines–The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 has ordered the release of Sajid Islam Ampatuan, son of former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr., and one of the accused in the Maguindanao massacre case after posting…

Nalzaro seeks inhibition of fiscals in libel cases

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/02/2015

Tri-media personality Bobby Nalzaro requested two prosecutors to inhibit themselves from handling the two libel suits filed against him by former Cebu City mayor Tomas Osmeña to remove any “cloud of doubt” or suspicion of bias. In…

Netizens speak up in summit

Stephen D. Capillas 01/25/2015

Right to privacy, Internet accessibility, digital surveillance and freedom of expression were among the issues discussed at length in yesterday’s opening of the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit at the Cebu Provincial Capitol. The summit, attended by…

The right to blaspheme

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 01/15/2015

Rains brought by Tropical Depression Amang, which is expected to move northward, hover around the schedule of Pope Francis as he arrives today in Manila for the second and last leg of his Asian trip which began…

Sad times for free expression

01/09/2015

Journalists and free expression-loving people all over the world struggled for words to describe the terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris last Tuesday evening (Manila time). Masked gunmen had entered the newsroom and …

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