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Integration

By Anne Fe Perez | 10 days ago

By the time this gets published, I am probably on my way back to the Philippines after a week of immersion in the Land Down Under.

Freeman Opinion

EDITORYAL — Isa na naming mamamahayag ang walang awang pinaslang

13 days ago

WALA pang tatlong linggo ang nakalilipas nang ipagmalaki ng pamahalaan ang bahagyang pag-akyat ng Pilipinas sa 2026 World Press Freedom Index.

PSN Opinyon

Press freedom index: Philippine scores down amid higher ranking

By Janvic Mateo | May 4, 2026 - 12:00am

Despite rising in the overall global rankings, the Philippines reported a deteriorating press freedom situation last year,...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Press freedom and peace

May 3, 2026 - 12:00am

World Press Freedom Day is marked this May 3 as UNESCO reports that press freedom is experiencing its steepest decline since 2012. UNESCO compares it to the decline seen during the most volatile periods of the 20th...

Opinion

Freedom

By Anne Fe Perez | May 2, 2026 - 12:00am

Every May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day. It is one day that we often overlook in many ways. In Cebu, it isn’t as prominently marked, perhaps because we already dedicate an entire month to commemorating the...

Freeman Opinion

Chavit, others, hope for Duterte’s release

By Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon | March 29, 2026 - 12:00am

Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson and other supporters expressed hopes that former president Rodrigo Duterte will eventually regain his freedom.

Cebu News

The law on libel and freedom of expression

By Atty. Josephus B. Jimenez | February 18, 2026 - 12:00am

Whenever criticism against public officials is written and published, in the name of freedom of speech, many onion-skinned politicians react with suing for libel. Can libel prosper against the constitutional right...

Freeman Opinion

Freedom is not free

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | December 1, 2025 - 12:00am

In the not-so-distant future, wars will be fought by soldiers seated in front of computers, operating by remote control smart weapons that are faster, surgically precise and more powerful – meaning more lethally...

Opinion

28 years in journalism and the 32nd Cebu Press Freedom Week

By Atty. Ian Vincent Manticajon | September 17, 2024 - 12:00am

Cebu Press Freedom Week is in its 32nd year this week, and amid the challenges facing legacy media in the networked digital era—particularly newspapers, which have historically been at the forefront of Cebu...

Freeman Opinion

Prepare to fight alone as China provokes war

By GOTCHA | By Jarius Bondoc | June 12, 2024 - 12:00am

We Filipinos know truth from lie. We sense harm. We value freedom.

Opinion