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Crisis: International

Danish paper gets bomb threat The Copenhagen-based daily Jyllands-Posten received bomb threats in retaliation for publishing cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. A caller speaking in English told the paper’s switchboard on Feb. 7 that a bomb would explode in 10 minutes, according to reports. Police with dogs searched the...

Chronicle

Reg’l news magazine launched The Asia News Network (ANN), an alliance of 14 newspapers in the Philippines and 11 other Asian countries, launched AsiaNews magazine last Feb. 10, a weekly regional news magazine. The 36-page magazine “reflects Asian perspectives in the fast growing and most diverse region of the...

A Lifetime of EDSAs

BY Ed Lingao THERE was a time when I would look back to the good old days and wonder where they’ve gone, when the air was clear and the issues more so, when the only colors you had to choose from were red, yellow or blue, and it didn’t...

Dangers of Mercury

Mercury Conference and ExpoVenue: Philippine Heart Center, East Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines.Date: January 25 and 26, 2006 One of the most serious – and preventable – pollutants stemming from the health care industry is mercury. This heavy metal is a potent neurotoxin that is directly linked to developmental disabilities...

The long wait for E-VAT

After weeks of anticipating the lifting of the temporary restraining order on the expanded value-added tax (E-VAT) law, media were more than ready with their reports when the Supreme Court finally declared the controversial law legal. Politics temporarily took the back seat last October 18 as television news programs...

Is a colorful SEA coverage possible without basketball?

Sports takes center stage this month as the Philippines hosts for the third time the Southeast Asian Games, the region’s version of the Olympics. For nine days, from November 27 to December 5, media are expected to highlight the year’s main sporting event, where 11 countries are expected to...

Gudani’s dismissal

Two military officials had recently found themselves in a tight spot after defying an order from their Commander-in-Chief. Brig. Gen. Francisco Gudani (who retired last Oct. 4) and Lt. Col. Alexander Balutan instantly drew media attention when they appeared at the Senate hearing last Sept. 28 on the military’s...

A TV reporter’s paranoia?

A local television reporter recently sought police help when two motorcycle-riding men tailed him while he was on his way home in General Santos City, 980 kilometers south of Manila. According to a police blotter dated last 10 October, ABS-CBN’s provincial reporter Sonny Sombreo was on his way home...

Misquoted and Misspelled

We appreciate the effort made by newspapers to inform the public about the plight and status of our fellow journalists. But, we would like to make a few clarifications to the story that appeared in the September 6 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (p.A7) entitled, “Study says 54...

The Elusive Garci

Since the “Hello, Garci” scandal erupted in June, the one key actor in the controversy remains elusive and is danger of being forgotten. Former elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano, accused of committing poll fraud in the May 2004 elections based on his phone conversations which were illegally wiretapped, had gone...