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Publisher lodges complaint vs local government employee

A publisher-editor and his driver-messenger in Malolos City claimed they were manhandled by local government employees in two separate incidents in January 2013. Read more

On a learning curve in a world of change

IN A complex and fast-changing world, journalists cannot be dismissive of the continuing need to learn. They can no longer claim that they have seen and done everything. The... Read more

Gay kidnapper

JEERS TO TV Patrol for unnecessarily emphasizing the alleged sexual orientation of a kidnapping suspect in a Nov. 28 report. Read more

Political dynasties

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s Failon Ngayon and Solar News for providing in-depth reports on political dynasties. Read more

Gunmen in the news

SUCH A terrible subject for this blog to take up at the start of the year! Of course, there are other issues—but this one has taken hold of the... Read more

FM radio blocktimer is first media practitioner killed in 2013

A city councilor who is also a radio blocktimer was shot dead by a lone gunman in an apparent ambush in San Pablo City in the province of Laguna... Read more

UPDATED: State of press freedomAttacks and threats in 2012

THE FAILURE of the Benigno Aquino III administration to stop the killing of journalists and to speed up the prosecution of cases in court has disappointed journalists, press freedom... Read more

Labor laws

JEERS TO Malaya Business Insight for a one-sided and incomplete Oct. 25, 2012 banner story on Philippine employment laws. Read more

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Solar Network News for their joint story that examined the Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALNs) of... Read more

Abolishing the PCGG

PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on Good Government (PCGG) Chair Andres Bautista may have a point. The PCGG may have to be abolished—but only so it can be reorganized so it can... Read more