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Harbinger of Bigger Troubles?

By Hector Bryant L. Macale and Venus L. Elumbre On April 5, the New York Times came out with an editorial criticizing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for having “completely lost touch with the ideals that inspired the ‘people power’ movement.” The editorial, which was quickly played up by the...

Covering a ‘Conspiracy’

A ‘plot’ fails, the government strikes back, and a reporter is in trouble Covering a ‘Conspiracy’ By Ellen Tordesillas A cardinal rule in news reporting is: never burn your sources. Yet that was precisely what Time magazine did to Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and businessman Pastor Saycon in its...

Crisis: National

Court orders gov’t to reply to journalists’ petition The Court of Appeals has summoned the government to answer the petition of media organizations and journalists seeking to prohibit the government, particularly executive-branch officials, from restraining media and intimidating journalists. In a resolution dated April 7 and written by Associate...

Crisis: International

Nepal cracks down on journalists More Nepalese journalists are being jailed for participating in the country’s struggle for press freedom. According to the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), more than 200 Nepalese journalists have been detained since April 4, 2006. Thirty-one journalists remain under arrest as of April 18....

Chronicle

Unicef, PPI seminar: Reporting on children The United Nations Children’s Fund and the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) will conduct a seminar-workshop on child-sensitive jour-nalism on May 25-26 in Baguio City. The workshop will cover the current situation of child reporting in the country, guidelines on reportage on children, spotting...

Obituaries

Goodbye, ‘Uncle Bob’ Robert “Uncle Bob” Stewart, founder of the TV broadcasting network GMA-7, passed away on April 6 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 89. Uncle Bob was an American war correspondent who sent his first radio transmission through his AM station, the Republic Broadcasting System. A decade after...

Striking out in Hong Kong

A journalist’s success story Striking out in Hong Kong By Leo A. Deocadiz The consul general is speaking in the anniversary program of a door-to-door cargo company in Chater Garden, a park in Hong Kong’s Central district. She reiterates the consulate’s commitment to serve the Filipino community. And then...

Editor’s Note: Living in a Familiar Time

The end of Proclamation 1017 did not bring about the end of the war between media and the Arroyo administration. If at all, it saw the beginning of a new period of distrust, a certainty among journalists that this leadership is up to no good in matters where media...

Speaking of Media

Who’s afraid of media? “Even though 1017 has been lifted, the war with the media continues. The administration is now focusing on specified action involving charges of inciting to sedition against journalists who continue to be critical. “The war of attrition has just begun.” – Amando Doronila, Philippine Daily...

Monitors

Rumors of a plot to oust President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from Malacañang were again rife in February and March. Malacañang gave credence to the talk as it cited the alleged conspiracy among the elements of the opposition, the extreme Left, and the extreme Right to bring down the Arroyo...