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Crisis: National

TV reporter attacked AN ABS-CBN reporter was assaulted by a former basketball star after she tried to interview a taxi driver who was allegedly beaten up by the basketball... Read more

Back to the Past: A timeline of press freedom

A timeline of press freedom Back to the Past By Jose Bimbo F. Santos and Melanie Y. Pinlac IN TODAY’S fast-moving world, 35 years can be a very short... Read more

Being a reporter during martial law

It wasn’t easy but it was worth doing it Being a reporter during martial law By Jenny Santillan Santiago HOW WAS it like to work as a journalist during... Read more

Marcos and the Press

The Martial Law-era editors look back Marcos and the Press By Melanie Y. Pinlac EVERYBODY THOUGHT Sept. 25, 1972 would be another paperless day. Just three days before, martial... Read more

And now for the important news: Zubiri’s butt

The Philippine Star reported Sen. Anna Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal‘s compliment on Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri‘s buttocks in its Aug. 14 front page. The Star did not explain why Madrigal’s... Read more

Print Monitor

Floored by flour THE MANILA Times failed to clear the air insofar as lingering fears about products imported from China are concerned. The Times reported the complaints of the... Read more

Shooting the messenger—again “The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) is appalled by the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) threat to file electoral sabotage charges against at least... Read more

A Column That Bombed

What’s perfume to a columnist is lechon sauce to her readers A Column That Bombed By Junette B. Galagala FROM OUT of the blue, a society reporter’s personal travel... Read more

The Religious Press and the Marcos Years

Heroes of Press Freedom The Religious Press and the Marcos Years By Chit Estella ON OCT. 24, 1975, the first big strike to be declared during martial law broke... Read more

Online Monitor

Death by interview INSTEAD OF shedding light on issues surrounding transsexuals, GMANews.TV’s Aug. 22 webcasts fostered sexist views through unnecessary and crass questions. The interviewer was so unprepared for... Read more