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 Papal Bull THE RESIGNATION of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope has been in Philippine news media—in TV, radio, and print—from the time he first announced his intention to resign the Papacy up the present, when the focus of the Philippine press has shifted to the preparations for the conclave of cardinals that... Kasalanan ba ang EDSA? By Melinda Quintos de Jesus 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... Challenge to the dominant press THE PHILIPPINES has a long alternative press tradition that goes back to the reform and revolutionary movements of the late 19th century—from Marcelo H. Del Pilar’s Diariong Tagalog, to La Solidaridad, Kalayaan, El Heraldo de la Revolucion, and El Renacimiento. In contrast to the dominant press—conventionally and wrongly referred... Corporate governance HERE AGAIN is one of those exchanges I find myself drawn to with students researching for academic papers and theses. This time it’s about my take as a newspaper publisher on corporate governance—that is, as I have defined it in answer to one of the questions here, “doing business... FOI and FOE in the campaign agenda Access to government-held information is the necessary condition for transparency in governance, and for empowering the citizenry to hold its elected officials to account. It is equally crucial to freedom of expression (FOE), the exercise of that right being premised on citizen possession, understanding, appreciation and utilization of... Part 1: The fate of print… I think I’m reconciled to the idea that I belong in the last generation of writers and readers on paper. Indeed, what I see is no mere generational gap, but a sea change, one simply too radical, too stark, too quick, too inexorable to allow for any sentimental hopes... Arroyo redux? IN 2010 the election to the Presidency of Benigno S. Aquino III seemed to herald, if not the coming of a free expression regime, at least the promise of one. It wasn’t only because Aquino had sworn during his campaign for the Presidency to support a freedom of... 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. Being pro-active JOURNALISTS AND media advocacy groups have for years been urging a stop to the Philippine National Police and other government investigating bodies’ long-standing practice of presenting crime suspects to the media even before they have been charged, much less convicted. The January 25 order of Interior and Local Government... Media Damnation (updated) THE PHILIPPINE news media have a problem: how to make what’s turning into one of the most boring elections in Philippine history interesting as well as meaningful to a weary electorate that this early is already demonstrating that it will elect senators this May on the sole basis of... « Previous1…56789Next »
