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 Election Fraud Allegations: The Marcos Media Edge THE MAY 2016 elections, like other elections in the past, were marred by allegations of fraud. The most controversial this year are those alleged by Senator Ferdinand âBongbongâ Marcos Jr. against Representative Leni Robredo who defeated him by a margin of 263,473 votes â the narrowest in Philippine... âDagdag-Bawasâ: Debunking Poll Fraud Claims CHEERS TO Rappler for analyzing and debunking claims of fraud by alleged whistleblowers who claim to have been involved in the âdagdag-bawas” or vote shaving that allegedly occurred in a warehouse in Lucena, Quezon, on Election Day. The allegations surfaced as Congress was in the process of proclaiming... Summary Killings: Fatal Impact on Rule of Law CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for running an editorial that looked at the recent spate of summary killings and its impact on rule of law. On June 7, the Inquirer ran the editorial âKilling season?â which noted the recent summary killings in the Western Visayas. The... Sexual Harassment: A Timely and Pertinent Issue CHEERS TO Rappler for tackling sexual harassment in a report that reminded readers it is a crime under Philippine laws. Rapplerâs âThe many faces of sexual harassment in PH,â published on June 4, recalled the definition of sexual harassment in Republic Act 7877, the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of... Expletives Aplenty: Duterte and the F Word PRESIDENT-ELECT Rodrigo Duterteâs recent press conferences were, as usual, not devoid of expletives as he denounced the Catholic Church, the media and even the United Nations for a variety of reasons. Duterte has been correctly described as âfoul-mouthedâ and âtough talking,â showing no restraint in both his statements... âBading,â Homosexual: Incorrect, Irrelevant JEERS TO GMA-7âs 24 Oras and Sun.Star Cebu for erroneously and unnecessarily tagging their news subjects as “bading” and “homosexual.â 24 Oras misidentified in a report the transgender woman who was killed, stuffed in a suitcase and dumped along the Cavite Expressway, Coastal Road, Pasay City (âBangkay ng... Death Penalty: Legal, Rights Issues Ignored HIS PROMISE to eradicate crime in a span of three to six months was at the forefront of President-Elect Rodrigo Duterteâs campaign. Known for his tough stance on crime, Duterte announced in a May 15 press conference that he would urge Congress to restore the death penalty, preferably... Duterte’s Proposed EO on FOI: Not Very Well-Informed THE PHILIPPINE press has been promoting the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) act for years, the idea being that if thereâs a law that would ensure transparency and access to government information, citizens could monitor government more closely and help check corruption, while the media could... All the President-Electâs Men: Who Are They? A PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENT or even president-elect publicly identifying the people he wants to play a key role in his administration may well serve purpose that the press could help accomplish. These announcements, perhaps unintentionally, serve as trial balloons that could prompt scrutiny by the public about the incoming... Misleading headline JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using the misleading verb âsnubâ in a report on the proclamation of the incoming president and vice president which Davao City Mayor and president-elect Rodigo Duterteâs skipped. The Inquirer had âDuterte snubs proclamationâ for its May 31 banner story, which reported on... « Previous1…115116117118119…202Next »
