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 Editor’s Note: Remembering I KNOW I am speaking of an unfamiliar time when I begin to talk about martial law with my journalism students. I am met by blank stares and polite—if not obligatory—attention (It might come up in the next exams, you know.) All of them were born years after Edsa... TV Monitors Zooming in the Zulkiflis Following the beheading of 10 Marines in Basilan, media resurrected allegations of a link between the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In a special report last Aug. 15, TV Patrol World traced the connection between the MILF and the Zulkiflis,... Obituaries ESPARTERO, 34 PHOTOJOURNALIST JIOVANNI Espartero of the Visayan Daily Headlines passed away in Bacolod City on Aug. 5 after suffering a head injury when he figured in a motorcycle accident two days earlier. He was found bleeding and unconscious on the shoulder of a national highway on Aug. 3... CHRONiCLE New comic strip book by Abrera Manix Abrera, cartoonist for PJR Reports, will be coming out with his third book, a compilation of his comic strips that appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The book, titled “Die! Evil, Die!”, is printed by Visual Print Enterprises. Launching has been tentatively... Crisis: International Burma cracks down on free expression PROTESTS AGAINST soaring fuel prices held in Burma’s capital Rangoon last week—including the largest rally in a decade—have led to the arrest of at least 70 activists and a crackdown on the media and lines of communication. In late-night raids on Aug. 21,... Crisis: National TV reporter attacked AN ABS-CBN reporter was assaulted by a former basketball star after she tried to interview a taxi driver who was allegedly beaten up by the basketball player. In a video footage shown by TV-Patrol World, reporter Gretchen Malalad was shown being elbowed in the face by... Back to the Past: A timeline of press freedom A timeline of press freedom Back to the Past By Jose Bimbo F. Santos and Melanie Y. Pinlac IN TODAY’S fast-moving world, 35 years can be a very short time. It was not long ago that Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law and put a stop to freedom of the... Being a reporter during martial law It wasn’t easy but it was worth doing it Being a reporter during martial law By Jenny Santillan Santiago HOW WAS it like to work as a journalist during martial law? I’ve been asked this question several times by mass communication students from different schools as part of their... Marcos and the Press The Martial Law-era editors look back Marcos and the Press By Melanie Y. Pinlac EVERYBODY THOUGHT Sept. 25, 1972 would be another paperless day. Just three days before, martial law had been declared and soldiers had gone around Metro Manila, padlocking the offices of major newspapers and wire agencies,... Print Monitor Floored by flour THE MANILA Times failed to clear the air insofar as lingering fears about products imported from China are concerned. The Times reported the complaints of the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) following the refusal of the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) to include flour in... « Previous1…168169170171172…202Next »
