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EDSA 1: A Recollection

ON FEBRUARY 22, 1986, a Saturday, I was coming home exhausted from a Namfrel (National Movement for Free Elections) thanksgiving mass in Marikina. It was about 8 pm.... Read more

Absent from EDSA

SOMETIME IN August 1985, I had to leave the country to be with my family in the US. It was a sabbatical away from work that my husband and... Read more

2016 Elections: Tracking Local Politics

CHEERS TO Rappler for collating information regarding the plans for the 2016 elections of the members of the 16th congress. In “MAP: Where will members of Congress go... Read more

Gratuitous link

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for taking a cheap shot at the Aquino government with a headline that gratuitously links administration projects and brothels in the area. On... Read more

Reviewing Party-list Performance

CHEERS TO ABS-CBNnews.com and ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for its effort to evaluate the performance of the 2013 elected party-list representatives in the 16th Congress. On February 12, ABS-CBNNews.com published Gigi... Read more

IWMF Courage in Journalism Awards

FULL-TIME OR freelance women journalists can now be nominated for the Courage in Journalism Awards sponsored by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). The awards aim to recognize women journalists... Read more

Obit

Heikal, 92 VETERAN EGYPTIAN journalist Mohammed Hassanein Heikal died Wednesday, February 17. He was 92. Heikal was the editor of Cairo’s Al-Ahram daily from 1957 to 1974. He was... Read more

Radio Reporter Shot Dead in Zamboanga del Sur; First Journalist Killed in 2016

CMFR/Philippines – An unidentified assailant shot dead a radio broadcaster inside his house in Purok Bagong Silang, Poblacion, Zamboanga del Sur on February 16. Zamboanga del Sur is 1156... Read more

Government TV Reporter Harassed in NAPC Event

CMFR/Philippines – A reporter for a state-owned television network complained that he was prevented from reentering the venue of an event organized by the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) last... Read more

Presenting the Agenda of Presidential Candidates

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its series on presidential platforms to address issues of public concern. On February 9, the Inquirer started “Election 2016: Agenda of... Read more