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 A Story— And a Source— Goes Awry A Story— And a Source— Goes Awry And a reporter is left holding the bag By Hector Bryant L. Macale ON SEPT. 1, the Philippine Daily Inquirer ran an exclusive story that confirmed a chilling though long-held suspicion: despite warnings about possible terrorist attacks, security remains lax in the... Monitors: TV Cake and candles in the news Okay, we all have the right to celebrate our birthdays, but must journalists do this during a newscast? Toward the end of the Sept. 15 edition of Teledyaryo, the national government television network’s prime news program, anchor Angelique Lazo announced the birthday of... Monitors: Print More than just remembering The Manila Times made the anniversary of Philippine History Week from Sept. 15 to 21 more meaningful by coming up with interesting reports that featured topics like the controversial Makabayan education curriculum that lumped the study of Philippine history with other subjects, the controversial “Order... Speaking of Media The Arroyos and the press “….In a speech during the Unesco World Press Freedom Day celebration four years ago in Malacañang, the President said: ‘We celebrate the responsible exercise of press freedom. . . In the Philippines, we are known not only as a free press but having a... Editor’s Note: A sliver of good news IN A country where libel cases have often been filed but have seldom prospered, occasions where public officials do present such charges have traditionally been regarded by journalists as par for the course. Hazards of the trade, so to speak, that can be lived with even as one goes... Why I Left Puerto Princesa By Yasmin Arquiza In 1989, my bureau chief at the Associated Press sent me to Puerto Princesa to write environmental feature stories. My journey began with a trek to the St. Paul National Park, where I stared in awe at majestic limestone cliffs and mist-covered forests. As a city... Obituaries Accident kills 3 ABC-5 crew members Three ABC-5 network crew members died on the spot when their vehicle collided with a passenger bus in Pamplona, Camarines Sur last Aug. 13. Senior reporter Anna Liza “Hazel” Richeta-Calimag, 37; cameraman Arnel Guiao, 42; and assistant cameraman Ismael “Maeng” Cabugayan, 37, were... Chronicle Moro Times launched A monthly supplement devoted to topics on development, peace, business opportunities, and other national issues affecting Mindanao was launched by The Manila Times on July 18. Named Moro Times, the supplement comes out every last Friday of the month. The project was created with the support... Crisis: International Tamil editor shot dead A Tamil newspaper editor was killed outside his home on the besieged Jaffna Peninsula on Aug. 20, international and local media reported. Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah, managing director of the Tamil-language Namathu Eelanadu newspaper, was shot dead in the town of Vellippalai. The motive for the killing... Crisis: National Reporter escapes kidnap try A correspondent of tabloid Police Files Tonite was nearly abducted while waiting for a ride home in Calamba, Laguna. According to police reports, Dick Garay tried to push him into a van on the evening of Aug. 15. But Garay resisted and managed to run... « Previous1…188189190191192…202Next »
