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 Duterte and the UN: Another Media Failure to Provide Context IN THE early hours of Sunday, Aug. 21, President Rodrigo Duterte held another one of his now infamous press briefings in Davao City. There, he issued a spate of statements that again made headlines. Among them was his threat to withdraw the country’s membership from the United Nations... De Lima’s Bikini Photo: Foul JEERS TO The Manila Times for publishing on its front page a scantily clad photo of Senator Leila de Lima, which illustrated a story about the alleged links of her former driver to drug syndicates inside the New Bilibid Prison when de Lima was still Justice secretary. On... Marcos Burial: The Press as a Moral Compass STAYING TRUE to his campaign promise, President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed on Aug. 7 the burial of deposed strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Prior to this confirmation, the issue had been making the rounds in the media, since Duterte had not been shy about mentioning... Tornado in the Metro: Quick and Helpful Explainers CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol and TV5’s Aksyon for explaining in simple terms how a tornado develops. Tornados are an uncommon weather phenomenon in the Philippines but one ripped through some communities in Manila and Quezon City on Aug. 14. A report by Aksyon a day after... Calapan Murder: Unnecessary Description JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for trivializing an act of violence by describing a murder victim as “pretty.” By describing her as “pretty,” the report suggested that the victim’s physical attributes had something to do with the alleged crime. But no such connection was made in the text... Against Patently Outlandish Claims CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for citing views contrary to a statement by Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre that “criminals are not (part of) humanity” instead of merely reporting the statement. The Inquirer, in its Aug. 6 report, sought the opinion of Aguirre on the possibility that... Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Media as Unwitting Accessory WHEN PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte made public the list of local government officials, judges and law enforcers allegedly involved in the drug trade, he did so with the caveat, that their involvement in the drug trade “might be true or might not be true ” – saying also that he... Duterte and the Oligarchs CHEERS TO some media organizations for explaining what an oligarch is after President Rodrigo Duterte called businessman Roberto Ongpin one during a speech before the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting. On Aug. 5, the Philippine Daily Inquirer ran “IN THE KNOW: Oligarchs and cronies” in its inside pages to... Confused and Confusing IN HIS first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Rodrigo Duterte announced a unilateral cease-fire with the Communist Party of the Philippines’ New Peoples’ Army, and the National Democratic Frontof the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP). Several newspapers ran reports on Duterte’s announcement. However, most of them confused the unilateral cease-fire with... Taking a Stand: Journalism for Humanity IN JUST a short span of time, President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has already claimed hundreds of lives, alarming not only human rights groups but even officials as well as members of civil society. The death toll, which began to rise as early as Duterte’s landslide victory... « Previous1…113114115116117…203Next »
