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 More muddling on PDAF Actually, the muddling was done pretty early in the game, almost as soon as the first three senators were named as having gained from their deals with (Janet Lim) Napoles. Damage control mechanisms were set into motion, as only big PR funds can make possible. And once again, media... Small comforts from the superpower visit IT TAKES a visiting US President to get everyone’s attention, including those of jaded journalists. Described by Foreign Affairs Secretary as "our deepest bilateral engagement", US-PH relations are entwined with historical remembrance, infused by the shared popular culture of Hollywood, Disney and the current media icons of a millennial generation.... The public and foreign policy FOREIGN POLICY news do not carry a lot of weight in the news agenda. People generally think that the issues usually couched in diplomatic jargon as too nuanced for them to see the immediate relevance. This is easy to understand as the Philippines is a small country with few international... Blue Ribbon Report: Government or NGOs? THE BLUE Ribbon Committee’s press conference which highlighted the body’s findings may still be in draft form, but it was good to hear that it has moved clearly to submit three of its members of the Senate to the investigative authority of the Ombudsman. Unfortunately, these processes take time, sometimes... Regional perspective on media reforms in Myanmar I still think the advantage of Myanmar is that it is still in the beginning. It remains in that "sweet spot" of transition from where others like Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines have moved, as these countries bear the burdens of mistakes and lessons unlearned. More thoughts on EDSA On the first anniversary of People Power in 1987, I had pledged that I would come each year to remember; that I would light a candle somewhere on the site to signify that what happened there must not be allowed failure of memory or conscious dismissal of its reality. Criminal libel is unconstitutional (Updated) THERE IS a lot to say about the Cybercrime Prevention Act. And a lot will still be said now that the Supreme Court has upheld some of its key provisions. This entry is simply to help us think about the conditions that made it necessary to ask the Supreme Court... The lowest common denominator at work On FB, I found an unlikely posting on the revelations tracking the mauling of a lunchtime show host. It came from an expert-academic friend whose account usually engages his friends about political and social concerns. His comments reflect a level of interest in the story. Or at the very least,... Revilla’s bandwagon: A destructive campaign But no one can expect corruption to be cleaned up overnight. In the Philippines, the virus has been given too much time to fester. It has weakened the political system and damaged the national culture. Entrenched bureaucracies cannot be reformed without the kind of "bloodletting" that begets more resistance... The High Court on the Ampatuan Case The Supreme Court (SC) issued a resolution last December 10 providing guidelines that are clearly designed to hasten the conduct of the trial of the accused for the massacre in Maguindanao in 2009. Into its fourth year, the trial has not sustained media attention that it deserved. For very... « Previous12345…8Next »
