The Philippine Online Chronicles

Articles by Jane Uymatiao

• The urgency of having an FOI law and the Right of Reply

  18 May 2012 Why the urgency? There are three regular sessions in every Congress (this is the 15th Congress).…

• Is it time to decriminalize libel? (Part 2 of 2)

  12 May 2012 Criminalizing libel is meant to deter malicious and irresponsible statements that could tarnish th…

• Is it time to decriminalize libel? (Part 1 of 2)

  12 May 2012 What is libel? Article 353 of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines describes libel: “A …

• Why we need DepEd’s K-12 program

  22 January 2012 Here’s another thing. Why can’t our high school graduates now land any decent jobs? When I was…

• An open letter to the President

  29 December 2011 “Where is the President?” This was a question so many people, online and offline, were askin…

• Are we better prepared post-Ondoy?

  08 October 2011 YES. And NO. Just look at these two news articles. In this one dated Sept. 26, National Disaster …

• Why you need to visit your local COMELEC office

  17 August 2011 Who need to visit the COMELEC office? New voters – anyone who: is a Filipino citizen will b…

• Freedom of Information Law: Right to Know. Right Now!

  20 July 2011 Why do we need an FOI Law? Malou Mangahas, Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Invest…

• CHEd....Weather Art Thou?

  27 June 2011 …

• Tax Evaders – beware!

  13 April 2011 In a recent forum on Understanding Government Revenues, Department of Finance (DoF) Sec. Purisima …