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 The Tale of The Tabloid Things are not all as they seem: The Tale of The Tabloid By Hector Bryant L. Macale Scantily clad women in seductive poses. Gruesome crime photos and stories. Celebrity gossip. Sensational news. These are the stuff of the poor man’s newspaper—the tabloids. Smaller, handier, and considered less respectable than... Going for the Positive Spin Two broadsheets are born amid Cha-cha debate Going for the Positive Spin by By Don Gil K. Carreon Pundits worldwide may be mourning what they expect to be the end of the print medium, but two new kids on the block have joined the crowded Philippine broadsheet market anyway.... Media in the Philippines and Thailand: States of Emergency and the Press Media in the Philippines and Thailand States of Emergency and the Press By Roby Alampay BANGKOK—On Feb. 24, 2006, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo placed the Philippines under a state of national emergency, claiming that her government had uncovered yet another plot to topple her administration. Invoking a newly-minted presidential... Monitors Just another killing? POLITICALLY MOTIVATED killings may have been on the rise but public outrage remains muted and media coverage scant. When Aglipayan Bishop Alberto Ramento was killed on Oct. 3, three newspapers (Malaya, The Manila Times, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer) gave the incident front-page treatment. Newspapers reported... TV monitors No deal! On Oct. 11, TV Patrol World reported about two people who filed adultery charges against their respective spouses. Aside from the staple confrontation shots in police stations, the report showed the complainants hitting their spouses’ lovers. One report described how the wife caught her husband and his... Online monitors A forgotten sector How are our farm and plantation workers doing? Davao Today and Bulatlat say their future is bleak because of unfair labor practices and harassment. Davao Today’s Oct. 14 report focused on the problems of workers in a banana plantation in Compostela Valley. The article showed a... Print monitors Clearing up a clean-up Well done. This much can be said of the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Sept. 25-26 report on Guimaras island’s prospects of recovery from the oil spill of Aug. 11. Based on a study done by Silliman University, the first part of the report described the chemical... Speaking of Media On the conviction of Esperat’s killers “This is an important victory that, if followed through and allowed to create momentum, can hopefully stem the tide of journalist killings in the Philippines. There is an environment of impunity that is encouraging attacks on journalists and human rights workers in the... CMFR STATEMENT: An urgent call: Stop the Arroyo regime’s assault on press freedom THE CENTER for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) calls on all media organizations, advocacy groups, lawyers’ organizations, and human rights groups to join together to stop the Arroyo regime’s assault on press freedom. CMFR is issuing this urgent... Writing for the Foreign Press Wanna be a super-stringer? How about a fixer? Writing for the foreign press By Carlos H. Conde MANILA – When the New York Times ran a scathing editorial in April, titled “Dark Days for Philippine Democracy,” that criticized President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s “increasingly authoritarian tendencies,” not a few friends,... « Previous1…186187188189190…202Next »
