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 Hu Shuli: Investigative Reporting in China It was wonderful to welcome Hu Shuli once again to Manila, on the occasion of her receiving her Ramon Magsaysay Award. The Aquino assassination: The challenge to media As the crowd cleared, we went into the lobby, by now fully informed that indeed the returning politician had been shot upon arrival. Members of the press who had accompanied him were briefing other reporters in the lobby. Ninoy’s sister, Lupita Kashiwahara told me in the airport, Talk to... PNoy on second term: Loss of context and meaning THERE WERE two parts to PNoy’s answer to the question that fired up such heated reactions to the idea of a second term for PNoy. Apart from some political allies in Congress, reactions were mostly of dismay or alarm, with snarky comments from usual quarters about anything that has... City in gridlock Everyone knew how traffic held the city in a standstill on Monday, August 4. If one did not suffer the long hours going nowhere, everyone knew someone who did. It was social media that had people exchanging notes on how long they had been stalled in different areas of the... Obiter Dictum and the Impeachment Motions against President Aquino President Aquino delivered his fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA) to members of the three branches of government. He was welcomed to the august hall of the legislature with extended applause, and 85 times handclapping cheered him as he spoke. Outside, militant activist groups protested in greater... Constitutional Crisis? Did it not start with the SC Ruling? CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS would be the outcome, some say, of President Aquino’s decision to file a motion for reconsideration of the High Court’s ruling on DAP. Old and new media served as platforms for vehement criticism of the president’s decision, describing this as defiant and arrogant. Of the nine that CMFR... Of artists and presidential awards RECENT CONTROVERSIES embroiling the Aquino administration suggest amendments to laws. This might set some of our legislators more into the review of existing laws for weaknesses, gaps and contradictions. Whoah! THE SUPREME Court decision on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) had some quarters ready to march to press for the President’s impeachment. I suspect those who felt that Nora Aunor was unfairly excluded by PNoy from this year’s list of National Artists would have joined them promptly. Both news... The “Media Circus” IF THE media were truly a mirror of society, then we must be the most irrepressibly frivolous people in the world, hooked on having and making fun, attaching to every activity the function of endless entertainment. Tempest in a teapot It may all have been a bit of a "tempest in a teapot" – the furious exchange on social media about the spokesperson for the Supreme Court having issued a "ban" on the live coverage of a press briefing. But what happened this week reflects on what is always... « Previous1234…8Next »
