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 Election doldrums In a country where people have called themselves "election-crazy," we seem to have lost it. There is little visible excitement, and I do not think it has to do only with Comelec’s limits on political ads. Earlier in this electoral season, I noted that media had not yet found the... Habemus Papam! The Papal Conclave in the Age of Media I GUESS it was bound to happen. We have witnessed what the news can do with a religious and spiritual event. Sure, the papacy has global political impact, but that would be missing the point of the conclave. Kasalanan ba ang EDSA? I could not say no, when asked to be patched in for a radio interaction with students. The program: UNTV Radio LA VERDAD 1350 kHz which had launched "Student Hour" 12:30 - 01:30 PM. The topic: "Essence of EDSA People Power Revolution for the Youth." FOI for the Filipino people It does not look like the Fifteenth Congress will be able to claim the honor of finally giving the Filipino people their Freedom of Information (FOI) law. Putting together reports in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, one gathers that the House of Representatives had mustered a quorum for the first time... Our failed barricades Most everyone cries watching Les Miz. Onstage or on screen, the drama touches off the sadness, the sense of tragedy inherent in life and human existence. Someone said online that the movie made her think of the loss of lives in Sandy Hook. At some level perhaps, all human... Supreme Court discourse on Cybercrime Law I think the online community in the Philippines should take some time to listen in on the presentation of the oral arguments in the Supreme Court against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. It is not easy listening. Not all of it is riveting or compelling. But the opportunity... Gunmen in the news Such a terrible subject for this blog to take up at the start of the year! Of course, there are other issues—but this one has taken hold of the mind and the mood, as only senseless killing does, as only the deaths of children can do. Before interest in... Courtesy of the Brits: An inquiry into the state of the press Leave it to the Brits to respond to a crisis with gravitas. Perhaps, to a fault, as suggested by Alan Cowell in his column on Page Two of the International Herald Tribune (December 4, 2012) where he writes about the Leveson Inquiry, which looked into the state of the... PNoy’s thing with the media Yes, one isn’t quite sure yet what word it is to describe this strange weight that seems to bear down on President Benigno S. Aquino III's relationship with the press. Most journalists say that the President really has this thing about the press, adding quickly, he just doesn’t like... Re-visiting the culture of impunity Unfortunately, the campaign to end impunity reveals also the lack of understanding about impunity. The discourse latches on the continuing violations, the repetition of all kinds of crime "with impunity"—forgetting that reason for the cycle of criminality is the failure to punish. We engage different groups and associations so they... « Previous1…345678Next »
