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 Tactless media reports continue to reduce human life JEERS TO some print and online media for treating a human tragedy as mere spectacle. Media failed to report suicide as a public health issue, and ignored guidelines for coverage designed to promote “help-seeking” and prevent its “contagion” among the vulnerable. COVID in the news again! UNFORTUNATELY, GOVERNMENT and media are not helping Filipinos to understand the state of threat. Media sideline injustices in De Lima’s six-year detention HAVING SPENT six years in Camp Crame detention on trumped up drug charges, Leila de Lima has been subjected to political persecution. An elected Senator when her ordeal began, her position did not hold off a range of punishing actions. The involvement of the two separate branches of government... Locals air concerns on biggest Balikatan yet WITH 17,600 troops participating, this year’s Balikatan military exercises between the United States and the Philippines is the biggest yet, surpassing the 8,900 who participated last year. It includes a small Australian contingent and observers from Japan, the United Kingdom and Australia. According to reports, the joint training activities... Media cool to Marcos Jr.’s FOI policy THE MEMORANDUM Circular (MC) No. 15 issued by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin issued No. 15 left more official goings and public records blurry by the Palace as it updated former President Rodrigo Duterte’s Freedom of Information (FOI) Executive Order (EO) No. 2 last March 17. Inquirer.net examines government’s neglect of farmers and agriculture CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for a report that discusses the plight of farmers and fisherfolk. Journalist Kurt Dela Peña wrote the article, pointing to the irony in the country where producers of food are among the poorest of the population. ICC denies PH request to suspend investigation THE PHILIPPINE government has been consistent in its response to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation of drug-related crimes. Stated repeatedly and with slight variations on the theme, the position is to ignore and sideline the call for justice on behalf of families of drug war victims. Senator’s expose on sugar fiasco signals media to do own probe THE SUGAR crisis in this country has left a bitter taste for most Filipinos, with only one public official so far expressing alarm over the numerous points sugar imports have violated government rules. Graphic post on Twitter fails ethical standards JEERS TO a Twitter post from a GMA-7 reporter who published in full color and without any blurring a video clip of a shooting in Tondo, Manila on March 12. Media highlight environmental damage from the Mindoro oil spill NEWSROOMS HAVE kept up coverage of the oil spill since the tanker MT Princess Empress capsized off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on February 28. In three weeks, 900 thousand liters of industrial oil spread out quickly to nearby coastal waters and beyond. « Previous1…2526272829…201Next »
