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Chronicle

Not-so-late news anymore ABS-CBN has created a new late-evening news program and moved it to an earlier time slot to make it more accessible to viewers. Named Bandila, the new program is scheduled to air weekdays at 10:30 p.m., starting July 3. Korina Sanchez, Henry Omaga-Diaz, and Ces Drilon...

A journalist looks for reasons to hope: Covering Trapos

By Tita Valderama IN A recent interview with TIME Magazine, Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew gave a penetrating, though rather embarrassing, remark about the Philippines. He said: “Look at the marketplace of ideas in the Philippines, and see the chaos.” It’s not as if Filipino politicians themselves don’t...

Editor’s Note: From Fresh Eyes

It is fast becoming a tendency that when one talks about journalists, one immediately thinks of the word “killings.” It’s the reflexive response one gets these days, not unlike when one hears “Mindanao” and the word “conflict” comes to mind. Or “child,” which is quickly followed by “exploitation.” The...

Speaking of Media

Another journalist down “The Arroyo government may argue until it is blue in the face that a culture of impunity does not exist in the country. “It should tell that to the family of Palawan broadcaster Fernando “Dong” Batul, murdered early this morning on his way to anchor his...

Monitors

Travails with the Tribune In reporting on the announcement of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that “the destabilization plots by the anti-government forces, including a possible attempt at seizing power on Labor Day, have fizzled out” (“AFP crows: Destab plot fizzled out,” May 2), The Daily Tribune...

COMMENTARY – Journalist Killings: A Policy of Indifference

Bangkok — A day after Fernando Batul, a radio broadcaster in Palawan, was shot to death by gunmen, Justice Secretary Raul Gon-zalez announced that that the government would allow journalists to bear arms for their protection. Published in The Nation, the report of the Agence France-Presse quoted Gon-zalez: “Do...

Children in the News

Do journalists remember the do’s and don’ts? Children in the News By Rachel E. Khan and Elena E. Pernia According to the National Statistics Office, children below 18 years old comprise about 43.4 percent of the estimated population of 84 million Filipinos. At the same time, a United Nations...

From the Mouths of Babes

A TV news program for—and by—the youth From the Mouths of Babes By Venus L. Elumbre The youth do make up majority of the country’s population. But seldom are they heard, even in media. When they become the subject, their stories are seen from the point of view of...

The Climb To The Top

Was there—or was there not—a network war in the Everest expedition? The Climb To The Top By Don Gil K. Carreon ON MAY 17, Filipinos received the news that Heracleo “Leo” Oracion, member of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition (FPMEE), became the first Filipino to scale the world’s...

‘Mutya ng Masa’ No More

A reporter clashes with employer ABS-CBN ‘Mutya ng Masa’ No More By Hector Bryant L. Macale FOR MILLIONS of television viewers, she was the “Mutya ng Masa”—the small, spunky reporter who covered the stories that directly involved the man on the street. In a medium that insisted on stereotypes,...