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 Crisis: National Palawan broadcaster shot dead Radio journalist Fernando âDongâ Batul was killed early morning of May 22 about 200 meters away from radio station dyPR where he worked in Puerto Princesa City. The unidentified gunmen immediately fled aboard a blue motorcycle. Batul was taken to the nearest hospital but was... Crisis: International Indon edition of Playboy suspended About 300 protesters broke into the editorial office of Playboy magazine in Jakarta in April, forcing the publication to suspend operations. Violent anti-pornography protests by religious groups forced the magazine to stop operating barely two weeks after its launch. Playboy Indonesia, a toned-down version... Chronicle JVOAEJ Awards winners to be known June 29 The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila University, will an-nounce the winners of the 17th annual Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) on June 29 (Thursday) at a program to... Obituaries Gegantoca, 68 Veteran Bicol journalist and Philippine Daily Inquirer contributor Carlos âTio Calingâ S. Gegantoca died on May 5. He was 68. Gegantoca was also a columnist of the Bicol Chronicle and the Weekly Digest. He was president of the Albay-Legazpi Press Association Inc. and also a professor at... Covering Crime Life as a police reporter Covering Crime By Willard Cheng It was 5:45 a.m. I was ready to call it a dayâor nightâwhen I got a call from our news desk. âRush to SLEX. A truck just plowed into a house. One person is killed,â desk editor Paul Espiritu... Editor’s Note: Recognizing power During the waning Marcos years, the late Mark Fineman who was covering the Philippines for the Los Angeles Times once loudly asked if anyone had a match so he could light his cigarette. Faster than he could finish his sentence, two Filipinos seated beside him quickly offered their lighters,... Speaking of Media On responsibility and repression âOne person who has absolutely lost all right to tell this countryâs media to act in a responsible manner is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. One of the most galling experiences that a citizen of this country has to undergo these days is to be told by Virgilio... Monitors Hide-and-seek with the military For evading and shutting out almost all media in a very important coverage last April 12, both the Philippine Daily Inquirer (âAFP clears four generals: Top brass avoid media, release report on govât TV,â April 13) and the Big News put to task Vice-Admiral Mateo... When Governments Put Journalists in Jail Across Asia, press freedom and economic prosperity donât mix When Governments Put Journalists in Jail By Nathan Lee and Don Gil K. Carreon WHILE JOURNALISTS in Iraq and the Philippines struggle to dodge bullets, scores of other media practitioners across Asia continue to languish behind prison bars. Despite the... Cyberspace: The New Combat Zone Governments seek to control âcitizen mediaâ Cyberspace: The new combat zone By Hector Bryant L. Macale There is a new arena in the fight for freedom of expression. This is cyberspace, a new zone where a conflict rages between those who promote free expression and those who seek to... « Previous1…195196197198199…202Next »
