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 Free expression under siege PRESUMABLY SPEAKING for President Benigno Aquino III, Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma described martial rule — which Ferdinand Marcos imposed throughout the country 43 years ago through Presidential Proclamation 1081 — as “one of the darkest chapters in the country’s history.” An Alternative Truth? NEARLY EIGHT months after, the Mamasapano incident once again found its way into the headlines after President Benigno Aquino III announced during a “Meet the Inquirer Multimedia forum” on Tuesday, September 8, that there could be an “alternative truth” to the bloody encounter that took the lives of at... Inaccurate report refers to city as town JEERS TO CNNPhilippines.com for inaccurately referring to Malolos as a town in two reports posted on September 16. Slumbook entries as national news JEERS TO The Manila Bulletin for classifying as national news a story on Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.'s music, food and other preferences. Marcos Jr. Is believed likely to run for Vice President in 2016. Entertainment trivia on the front pages JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star for prioritizing entertainment news on their front pages. Adequate, but can still be improved CHEERS TO the media for giving voice to the plight of Lumad communities whose members have been the victims of killings by paramilitary groups and alleged military elements in Surigao del Sur, Mindanao—although the coverage could have been better by providing the context in which the killings occurred. Reporting the new EDSA traffic scheme:Doing a good job, so far TO ADDRESS the continuing traffic woes in Metro Manila, Malacañang announced on September 1 that the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) will take over the enforcement of traffic rules and regulations on Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA). Commemorating young heroes CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for running a week-long series regarding young martyrs during the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986). One-sided, single sourced JEERS TO several media organizations for running a one-sided, single sourced story regarding Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s allegedly making a local tourist swallow a cigarette butt. Reporting the Iglesia ni Cristo Mass Action: Leaving the public uninformed MEMBERS OF the influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC—literally, Christ’s Church) sect trooped to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Padre Faura street in Manila on August 27, protesting what they said was the extraordinary attention being paid by DOJ Secretary Leila de Lima to the illegal detention case that... « Previous1…124125126127128…202Next »
