CCPC: Data Privacy Act as a rule doesn’t apply to information processed for journalism. Thus, the arrest of an Iriga City reporter by the police comes out as an overreach and invasive.
EXPLAINER: Cebu City’s FOI ordinance needs only to have a list of exceptions. Unimplemented local law doesn’t have to be overhauled. World Press Freedom Day forum identified causes of delay in completing work of City Council, mayor.
Eight Filipino journalists, including The Philippine STAR reporter Janvic Mateo, recently joined a two-week fellowship on media self-regulation in Stockholm, Sweden.