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 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... Getting lost in the footsteps of Bin Laden CNN international correspondent Christiane Amanpour’s much-heralded documentary, “In the Footsteps of bin Laden,” sought to show the world the social forces that shaped the life of the “most feared terrorist of our time.” This two-hour documentary con-sisted of interviews with people who had met Osama bin Laden at least... REVIEW: The Lebanon-Israeli war through the eyes of CNN and BBC REVIEW: The Lebanon-Israeli war through the eyes of CNN and BBC Demonizing the ‘enemy’ By Jamal Ashley Abbas IN MANY WAYS, the just-concluded Israel-Lebanon war was unique. It was the first war directly covered by different TV networks on the ground. While the combatants—the Israeli armed forces and the... Embedded Bias Unbeknownst to many readers, media portray bias in conflict stories by using the following devices: • Excising, which means portraying a conflict without showing the other side, or by ignoring or even obscuring it. The enemy is absent and only symbolized. • Sanitizing, which means understating the violence or... « Previous1…189190191192193…202Next »
