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 Monitors Gloriaâs pie in the sky Media were quick to spot the problem of funding of the infrastructure projects ticked off by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in her State of the Nation Address (Sona) last July 24. On the day of the Sona itself, Bandila asked the Presidentâs economic managers... Monitors: Online Who they are The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) helped readers know more about the members of the Melo commission, which was commissioned by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to probe into the killings of journalists and activists. In an Aug. 24 post in its blog, PCIJ provided background... Rallying Behind Bandila ABS-CBN performs âact of leadershipââbut whoâs following? Rallying Behind Bandila By Hector Bryant L. Macale It promised leadership. When ABS-CBN announced it was reformatting its late night news, viewers sat up in attention. The network said more: it was moving the news to an earlier time slot. At 10:30... Monitors: TV Jailhouses donât rock Stories on crime and criminals need not be confined to slapping scenes at the police station. Thankfully, 24 Oras knows that. Veering away from the usual police stories, the TV program reported on Aug. 16 on the plight of inmates in the Pasig City jails. It... Monitors: Print Jueteng blues In its report on Aug. 12 (âPNP now controls juetengâ), Malaya let out a mouthful about the Philippine National Police (PNP). Relying on interviews with Lingayen-Dagupan Bishop Oscar Cruz and Boy Mayor, the Senate witness and self-confessed jueteng operator, the Malaya report said PNP provincial directors have... Speaking of Media On (not quite) giving up⊠or something âIt started with an e-mail sent by Jim Paredes to his large network of relatives and friends. It concerned the Philippine Daily Inquirerâs front page on him last Saturday headlined âFinally, APOâs Jim Paredes gives up on RPâ and by-lined Gerry Lirio.... Editor’s Note: Where Time has Stopped For some time now, the mantra of the disillusioned among the supporters of People Power has been: âItâs now x years since Edsa 1 (or 2) and we still have this problem.â Well, here comes another variant: It is now 20 years after the ouster of the dictator and... Editor’s Note: Form and Substance With the invasion by computers and the Internet of almost every aspect of modern life, a change in the lifestyles and habits of those who use them is bound to happen. Among institutions, the mass media are definitely not an exception. In fact, it has become the conventional wisdom... Speaking of Media Flagging Bandila âBandila eschews the hysterics and hyperactivity of the usual news broadcast. Korina, Ces, and Henry do not engage in vocal histrionics and they make an effort to come across as friendly and conversational. So at least one does not feel like being screamed at anymore. The program... FEEDBACK: From a DOJ reporter Dear PJR Reports editors, I am a reporter of Malaya covering the Department of Justice (DOJ), Supreme Court (SC), and Court of Appeals beat. I take strong exception to the many inaccuracies and malicious issues raised by your writer in your July 2006 report (âThe DOJ: 2 press corps... « Previous1…190191192193194…202Next »
