We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Media reports on week of disasters and climate issues FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, a forest fire, drought ā news this month presented a rather frightful state of the country. Human rights under Marcos: Duterteās successor continues legacy of violations and abuse DESPITE ASSURANCES from the new President, attacks against critics of the government and their families are still making headlines in TV, print, and online reports. Quite alarmingly, one violation has occurred every week since 2023 began. The Percy Lapid Case:Ā āOn the Jobāsā Macabre Premise Realized THE INVOLVEMENT of several inmates and some still unnamed prison officials in the killing of journalist Percy Lapid recalls what was presented as fiction in the film franchise āOn the Job (OTJ)'' by Filipino director Erik Matti. TheĀ two productions involved prisoners who were temporarily released from jail to... Various groups express woes amid transport crisis THE TRANSPORT crisis, along with shortages in other basic needs such as food, water, and electricity have topped media headlines in recent weeks. Media showed long lines and counted long hours of commuters standing and waiting for rides, reported bumper to bumper traffic in cities, and shared the woes... Elephants in the room AS OF May 18, only 786,528 individuals or 1.36 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated. This is not a promising figure, taking into account the governmentās self-impose bed target of 70 million by end of 2021. Vic Tirol: In very fond memory by Vergel O. Santos VIC TIROL and I belonged in the same generation of journalists. We knew the press when its freedom burned properly fiercely, when it was killed suddenly, and when it burned again. That would come to more than 30 active years, longer than a generation. Those... Unesco retains āunresolvedā classification of Ampatuan massacre after appeal by groups, individuals HUMAN RIGHTS advocates hailed the decision of Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes, promulgated on 19 December 2019 which found the primary accused in the massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao of 58 persons, including 32 journalists. Among the 42 suspects convicted were the primary accused members of the Ampatuan clan for their roles... September 21: Then and Now MANY WHO lived through the years of Martial Law, proclaimed by then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972, are gripped by a sense of dĆ©jĆ vu. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to more restrictions, imposed curfews, check-points and limits on travel and movement.Ā In these and other... Appeal to UNESCO regarding the classification of the Ampatuan massacre case as “resolved” Alarmed by the supposed UNESCO classification of the Ampatuan massacre case as “resolved” from news reports that were based on a press release of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS), a broad group of organizations and individuals signed on to this letter that was sent to UNESCO... Editorial Cartoons of the Week (March 7 to 12) Malaya Business Insight, March 10, 2020 The Philippine Star, March 10, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, March 11, 2020 Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 11, 2020 Manila Standard, March 12, 2020 123…10Next »
