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 Problem solving journalism THE FIRST blog for 2014 may be a good time to suggest once again that we need to change the way we do journalism. This is not the first time I have echoed the call heard in other press communities to re-think and revise the notions of news, of... Word War on Impunity The exchange between press freedom advocates and Aquino officials reflects the underlying adversarity inherent in media’s relationship with government. But the talk on the issue of impunity has become a touch too hostile and a tad too touchy; with a superfluity of words that cannot help the cause, as too... People Power for long term change The public outrage over the reported abuse of pork barrel allocations recalls other passages in recent Philippine history when abuse of power in government provoked the people’s seething anger. Tempered by insight and understanding, this shared fury gave rise to concerted action, and in time, a movement, as citizens... An exercise in incoherence I CAN only guess at the objective of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) "roundtable" with Janet Lim Napoles, the primary object of a five month inquiry by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for her involvement in what has now been called the "pork barrel scam." I do not know... Daring to look to the future At my age and that of my other two co-writers on In Medias Res, looking ahead is no longer the act of hope and optimism. It is quite a painful thing to do because like others in the past who eventually became the older generation, our elders in the... Party-list System: Quo Vadis? The issue needs some breathing space, much clearing of previously held notions and impressions. At the heart of the misunderstanding is the impression, mine included and also held by many, that the framers of the 1987 Constitution were incorporating the Party-list System into our electoral process primarily to benefit... More on 2013 Elections I think we have done it again, making bad out of something good. Automated elections were hailed the first time around, as the speed with which winners were proclaimed made everyone wonder why it took us so long to turn to our system to machines. For sure, there were grave doubts... Automation 2013: A Post-Mortem I went early on May 13 to cast my vote. The precinct was in much better state than what we found in 2010. It seemed as though the different teams, the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs), the volunteers, and barangay officials had worked on a better system of time... Press and online freedom (Updated) In observing World Press Freedom Day 2013, we must include in our discussion the need to protect Internet freedom and its enrichment of human communication. I may not be its most savvy user but I hail this technological revolution breaking down the hierarchical culture of the newsroom as the traditional... Real time coverage For the rest of the world, CNN has become the first "go-to" source for news of crisis in the US. The Boston Marathon had been news even before the bombing, an iconic event that draws unfailing global interest. The run is among the oldest of the kind and the... « Previous123456…8Next »
