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 Journalists to Mike Arroyo: No, thank you Journalists to Mike Arroyo: No, thank you The fight continues By Jose Bimbo F. Santos TIRED. PALLID. Worn out. The Jose Miguel Arroyo that emerged from St. Luke’s Medical Center after heart surgery seemed worlds apart from the one who, last February, had a shouting match with another lawyer... New EO issued to keep gov’t secrets: A Kind of Hush New EO issued to keep gov’t secrets A Kind of Hush By Don Gil K. Carreon THE GOVERNMENT is entitled to have its secrets,” says former senator Francisco Tatad, who as an information minister during the Marcos years, must have been privy to stories that the public will probably... Print Monitors Another press release THE MANILA Bulletin was a virtual collection of press releases and one-source stories during the last elections. Take for instance its April 26 report, “Palace open to cash reward for barangay officials in Iloilo.” The report was based only on a statement of Executive Secretary Eduardo... Speaking of Media Media and elections “We are deeply concerned over the lack and shortage of information on the party-list elections. Such a situation serves the purposes of those who seek to subvert the party-list system and deny victory for winning party-list groups…. “The media should reconsider the seeming exclusion of the... Editor’s Note: Some surprises WHEN FR. Ed Panlilio decided to take a leave from the priesthood to run in Pampanga’s gubernatorial elections, Filipinos knew something was afoot. It was vaguely reminiscent of the time when a certain housewife decided to leave a sheltered, low-key, and predictable life to seek the nation’s highest office... A ‘Witch’ Bothered and Bewildered On being an editor in interesting times A ‘witch’ bothered and bewildered By Inday Espina Varona JOINED a national daily’s news desk in 1987, when Philippine media was giddy with new-found freedom but already facing the inces-sant tug-of-war among contending political and economic interests. There were built-in disadvantages. I... Obituaries Yuyitung, 84 RIZAL YUYITUNG, esteemed editor of the Chinese Commercial News, died on April 19 after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 84. The oldest existing Chinese newspaper in the Philippines, Chinese Commercial News was founded by Yuyitung’s father, Yu Yi Tung, in 1919. It started out as... Chronicle CMFR issues primer on RP press freedom TO MARK World Press Freedom Day last May 3, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) released its latest publication, the Philippine Press Freedom Primer: Quick Answers to Your Questions, a quick and easy-to-read reference on the state of press freedom... Crisis: International Killers of journalist sent to jail EDRI VLADIMIR Pujols was sentenced recently to 30 years imprisonment for the Sept. 14, 2004 murder of journalist Juan Andújar in the Dominican Republic. Andújar was host of the weekly radio show “Encuentro Mil 60” and a correspondent of the daily Listín Diario.... Crisis: National Arroyo issues EO on classified information President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has issued an Executive Order (EO) restricting public and media access to official information. EO 608, issued on April 20, 2007, will create a National Security Clearance System that will “protect and ensure the integrity and sanctity” of classified... « Previous1…174175176177178…202Next »
