The Progressive Movement for the Devolution of Initiatives or Probinsya Muna Development Initiative, abbreviated as PROMDI or Abag-Promdi, is a political party in the Philippines based in Cebu.
Maria Angelita Ressa is a Filipino-American journalist and author, the co-founder and CEO of Rappler, and the first Filipino recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN.
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is a private, non-stock, non-profit foundation in the Philippines that has focused its endeavor on press freedom protection along with the establishment of a framework of responsibility for its practice. Its programs represent efforts to protect the press as well as to promote professional and ethical values in journalistic practice.
Donaldo "Dondon" Cabañes Hontiveros is a Filipino politician and former professional basketball player. He is a member of the Cebu City Council since June 30, 2022 and previously from 2019 to 2021. He was the Vice Mayor of Cebu City from November 2021 to June 2022, by virtue of succession due to the death of Mayor Edgardo Labella. He is also an assistant coach for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), though he is on leave from the team due to his government duties.
Leo Andanar Lastimosa is a veteran tri-media journalist in Cebu City, Philippines. He is a former anchorman for ABS-CBN's regional news program, TV Patrol Central Visayas, the host of current affairs program Arangkada over radio station DYAB, and a columnist in Cebu's newspaper The Freeman.
Pablito Galeza Nalzaro, also known as Bobby Nalzaro or Super Bob, was a Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator and columnist.
Nerissa Corazon Soon-Ruiz is a Filipino politician who currently serves as City Councilor of Mandaue since 2019.
Mass media in the Philippines consists of several types of media: television, radio, newspapers, magazines, cinema, and websites.
The Freeman is a daily English-language newspaper published in Cebu, Philippines. It is the longest-running newspaper in Cebu, first published on May 10, 1919. Since 2004, the newspaper has been published by the Philstar Media Group, publisher of the Manila-based newspaper, The Philippine STAR, with former owner Jose "Dodong" Gullas retaining editorial control over the newspaper. The motto of the newspaper is "Fair and fearless".
The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, officially recorded as Republic Act No. 10175, is a law in the Philippines that was approved on September 12, 2012. It aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in the Philippines. Among the cybercrime offenses included in the bill are cybersquatting, cybersex, child pornography, identity theft, illegal access to data and libel.
Sanlakas is a party-list organization in the Philippines. It is a progressive coalition of different marginalized sectors in the Philippines founded on October 29, 1993.
The Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom is an internet law bill filed in the Congress of the Philippines. The bill contains provisions promoting civil and political rights and Constitutional guarantees for Philippine internet users, such as freedom of expression, as well as provisions on information and communications technology (ICT) policy, ICT4D, internet governance, e-governance, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism, and cybercrime.
Rappler is a Philippine online news website based in Pasig, Metro Manila, founded by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa along with a group of fellow Filipino journalists. It started as a Facebook page named MovePH in August 2011 and evolved into a website on January 1, 2012. Rappler is funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, an organization created by the United States Congress and the White House.
Censorship in the Philippines refers to the control of certain information in the Philippines.
Natalio Bacus Bacalso was a Filipino Visayan Cebu-based writer, newspaperman, radio broadcaster, filmmaker, Constitutional Convention delegate in 1971 representing Cebu's 2nd district, and opposition assemblyman to the Interim Batasang Pambansa in 1978. The Natalio Bacalso Avenue is named after him. On June 13, 2019, The Freeman recognized him as one of the Top 100 Cebuanos.
Edgardo Colina Labella was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the mayor of Cebu City from 2019 until his death in 2021. Prior to becoming mayor, he was the city's vice mayor from 2013 to 2019 and was a member of the Cebu City Council from 1998 to 2001 and again from 2004 to 2013.
Disini v. Secretary of Justice is a landmark ruling of the Supreme Court of the Philippines handed down on February 18, 2014. When the Congress of the Philippines passed the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 the bill was immediately controversial, especially its strict penalties for the new crime of "cyberlibel", an upgraded form of the already existing criminal libel charge found in the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines.
People of the Philippines v. Santos, Ressa and Rappler (R-MNL-19-01141-CR), also known as the Maria Ressa cyberlibel case, is a high-profile criminal case in the Philippines, lodged against Maria Ressa, co-owner and CEO of Rappler, Inc. Accused of cyberlibel, Ressa was found guilty by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa on June 15, 2020.
"Mabuhi!", also known as "Mabuhi Ka, Sugbuanon", is a song written and composed by Filipino musician Paul Melendez. Often played and danced to at festivals throughout the province of Cebu, including at the Sinulog Festival, it is the signature song of the administration of Gwendolyn Garcia as the Governor of Cebu.
