Access to Information Key to Fight Corruption
MANILA (Dec. 10) — People’s access to information is key in reducing corruption in local and national government, which is now the core issue in the crisis in Maguindanao following the abduction and slaughter of 57 people in the country’s worst election-related violence and the world’s deadliest single attack against journalists.
// Justice
“Unstable societal condition”“Unstable societal condition”
Democracy is an unstable societal condition but it is where persons are more likely to fully realize their potentials as human beings and as citizens. It is made firm by only effective citizen vigilance that extract accountability from all those who represent or tasked to represent others whether as public servants or heads [...]
// Press Freedom
Democracy: When Journalists are not KilledDemocracy: When Journalists are not Killed
Democracy to me is when journalists are not killed, threatened, harassed, and intimidated by those they write critically about; when the culture of impunity does not exist because the state fulfills its human rights obligations and democratic institutions work well; when journalists are treated fairly and paid just wages by [...]
// Human Rights
Teachers in Mindanao fall prey to kidnappersAfter more than 10 years as a devoted teacher and three years as a principal, Gabriel Canizares will soon have an elementary school in Patikul, Sulu named after him.
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