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 Revisiting Arroyo’s Plunder Case CHEERS TO Rappler.com for its efforts to revisit former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s plunder case, coinciding with the fifteenth anniversary of the protest action known as “EDSA Dos” or People Power II that ousted Joseph Estrada in 2001. Rappler posted “What has happened to the Arroyo plunder case?” on January... RH Law Budget Cut: Ambushed and Out of the Loop THE SLASHING last December of the Department of Health’s billion-peso budget for family planning commodities caught reproductive health advocates off-guard. DOH Secretary Janette Garin said she herself was unaware of the cut and only learned of it on January 4. She said the cut was made during the... Traffic Congestion in Roads other than EDSA CHEERS TO CNN Philippines’ Network News for moving traffic reporting from EDSA to other roads in the capital. While EDSA serves as the most extensive artery connecting five cities in Metro Manila, there are many other thoroughfares where commuters suffer the same plight or where traffic congestion has become... Highlighting Local Politics and Dynasties CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for shifting media focus on local politics, local governments and the political clans who rule these units of power. TV Patrol‘s “Kampanyaserye (Campaign Series)” is a special segment dedicated to election related reports and stories. The series on January 11 started to look at... Election Ad Spending: Reporting Partial Nielsen Figures JEERS TO several media organizations for reporting incomplete and unverified figures on advertising expenses in 2015 of the presidential, vice presidential and senatorial candidates running in this year’s elections. From January 5 to 8, reports in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, ABS-CBNnews.com, GMA News Online, ANC’s Dateline... Abu Sayyaf in MNLF Meeting: A Fellow Journalist as Source JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for failing to verify information on a meeting allegedly called last week by Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari in Indanan, Sulu, and instead relying on a journalist as its source in reporting that elements of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)... Prohibited Acts During 2016 Election Period CHEERS TO some media organizations for reporting on the calendar of activities and certain prohibited acts during the election period (January 10 – June 9) released by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Resolution No. 9981. The poll body promulgated the said resolution on August 18, 2015. Mitsubishi Montero and SUA: A Public Safety Issue NOTHING ELICITS sharper visceral reactions than seeing a vehicle seemingly running amuck, and ramming into other cars, structures and people. There has been a flood of these images – in both video and photographs – in Philippine social media of late, but with one car brand and model standing... Pemberton conviction: Admirable professionalism by the press THE KILLING of Jennifer Laude,a Filipino transgender, by Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the US Marines on October 11, 2014, is one of those cases that, because of its controversial nature and context, could have been mishandled by the press. But while the coverage of... Naming the ponente: Undermining the SC and elections JEERS TO several media organizations for identifying the supposed ponente of the decision on the disqualification case against Senator Grace Poe pending before the Supreme Court. « Previous1…121122123124125…204Next »
