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: International Tarlac journalist slain A community journalist was gunned down by unidentified men on his way home on April 2 in Tarlac City. Orlando Mendoza, a columnist for several local newspapers, was ambushed by the armed men while on his way home, and sustained fatal wounds in the head and... Crisis: International Police closes down radio station An independent radio station in Uganda was closed down on Mar. 13 for airing a show critical of the military and a ruling party candidate in the municipal elections last February. Police in the northern town of Gulu showed the station Choice FM a... Government and the Business of Media By Jose L. Pavia When government runs media, it is in effect saying that the best way to tell the story of government is for it to do the telling. And, given the reach and power of media, obvious is the choice for it in getting the story told.... Covering a ‘coup’: Lost in Fort Bonifacio By Booma B. Cruz SO WHAT really happened in Fort Bonifacio on Feb. 26? For those watching on television, it was like an unfolding drama. But for journalists who went to the military camp that day, it was more like a comedy gone awry. From start to finish, the... The Big Chill at GMA-7 What Proclamation 1017 did The Big Chill at GMA-7 By Booma B. Cruz In less than 24 hours after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country under a state of national emergency on Feb. 24, news organizations felt the chilling effect of Proclamation 1017. The Daily Tribune was raided at... What is Sedition? Don’t be surprised if government officials like Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez are suddenly enumerating the provisions of the Revised Penal Code of the Philippines in justifying the continued media watch of the government, even though President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has already lifted Presidential Proclamation 1017 last March 3. The... Petition for Certiorari, Prohibition and Declaratory Relief (An executive summary) A. Objectives a.   To declare that the Executive Department, represented by the Executive Secretary, the Secretary of Justice, the Director General of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Chairman of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and their officers, agents or other persons acting under their authority... ‘No’ To The Dark Days After PP 1017, journalists take battle to court ‘No’ To The Dark Days By Hector Bryant L. Macale and Nathan J. Lee PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION 1017 may have already been lifted, but the battle for press freedom continues. Following recent pronouncements by senior government officials seeking to impose restrictions on... COMMENTARY || 1017: The President’s Coup By Vergel O. Santos CERTAIN things are likely to be overlooked about the presidential proclamation of a state of national emergency—1017. Here are three that deserve particular attention for their dire consequences: One, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has withdrawn the proclamation only nominally; the suppressive spirit behind it remains. The trick... The Ultra Tragedy: When Media Followed the Market By Luige A. del Puerto AFTER more than 70 people died in a mad rush to get inside a sports complex where a noontime TV extravaganza was to take place one morning in February, one news company found itself the subject of the news. ABS-CBN, on whose station the... « Previous1…197198199200201Next »
