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 Media’s indeterminate power By Luis V. Teodoro ECHOING THE late “Muppets” creator Jim Henson, a Manila TV network invites viewers to watch the Filipino movies it regularly airs by saying that life’s like a movie. On protecting whistleblowers CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for not letting the public forget the plight of whistleblowers and reviewing the capacity of the Witness Protection Program (WPP) of the Department of Justice to do what it’s supposed to do–to protect witnesses. (September 13) Failon Ngayon looked back at the lives... Media doing harm By Luis V. Teodoro AMONG THE fundamental responsibilities of journalists is that of minimizing harm. As an ethical principle it applies to the entire range of issues and subjects journalists are called upon to report, comment on, and interview. Human rights, press freedom, and the FOI bill By Luis V. Teodoro THE FREEDOM of Information bill filed by the Right to Know. Right Now! (R2KRN) Coalition is likely to pass the Senate, if experience during the 14th and 15th Congress is any gauge. The version filed by then Congressman Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada III passed the Senate in... Messages By Luis V. Teodoro JANET LIM-Napoles’ surrendering to no official lower than the President of the Philippines; Mr. Aquino’s being part of the convoy that brought her to the headquarters of the Philippine National Police where she preferred to be in custody; and her transfer to the same detention facility... People Power for long term change By Melinda Quintos de Jesus THE PUBLIC outrage over the reported abuse of pork barrel allocations recalls other passages in recent Philippine history when abuse of power in government provoked the people’s seething anger. Tempered by insight and understanding, this shared fury gave rise to concerted action, and in time,... Beyond Janet Napoles By Vergel O. Santos WITH AROUND 400,000 protesters descending on the Luneta – not to mention others turning out in fair numbers elsewhere around the country and some parts abroad – Monday felt, positively, like another day of great unburdening. The feeling was unmistakable in the brightened faces and strong... Online fury fuels movement in the making Media reports based on the National Bureau of Investigation’s probe of an alleged P10-billion scam involving the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel has revived public interest and generated widespread discussion. The reports sparked more than just the kind of idle talk about corruption in government. Commentary and... CSR and the media By Luis V. Teodoro Although the Philippines is a particularly disaster-prone country year ’round, both because of its geographical location (it sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire” and is directly in the path of Pacific-generated storms) and the flawed and even non-existent environmental policies of the governments that have... An exercise in incoherence By Melinda Quintos de Jesus I CAN only guess at the objective of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) “roundtable” with Janet Lim Napoles, the primary object of a five month inquiry by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for her involvement in what has now been called the “pork barrel... « Previous1…143144145146147…204Next »
