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 Media indulge AFP red-tagging in the midst of the pandemic NOT EVEN a raging pandemic has stopped the military’s red-tagging. Already severely challenged by the difficulties of remote teaching, the universities are being further targeted by the Duterte quasi-military regime. Stonewalling DOJ’s drug war deaths report: Rappler sounds the alarm IN THE fifth year of the Duterte presidency, media have reported less on the “war on drugs” even as drug-related killings continued. But Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made headlines when he told reporters in a text message on January 11 that the DOJ had completed the initial report on... Advertorials for mask product sideline public safety issue JEERS TO Inquirer.net for running two advertorials about a face mask in the market whose effectivity in preventing COVID-19 transmission has been questioned by medical professionals. “CopperMask” has been endorsed by showbiz celebrities. Some government officials have also appeared in public wearing this mask, or promoted the product in... Dacera case: Media echo, fail to check sloppy police work IT HAD all the elements of the sensational. A young flight attendant had been found unconscious in a posh Makati hotel room on New Year’s Day. She was brought to the Makati Medical Center by her friends who were staying with her in the hotel. But Christine Dacera was... Vaccinations in secret: Media miss public safety issue IT CAME straight from the horse’s mouth. Last December 26, President Rodrigo Duterte announced in a public address that “almost all” soldiers have been inoculated with the Chinese anti-COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm, which, along with all other vaccines has yet to be approved as the law requires by the Philippines’... “Isolated incident?” THE COLD-BLOODED double-murder of a woman and her son by an off-duty policeman in Tarlac rocked the nation just a few days before Christmas. Footage of Police SMSgt. Jonel Nuezca shooting Sonya and Frank Gregorio point-blank in the presence of his own daughter went viral on December 21. The... Lack of context in government testing policy THE PUBLIC clamor for mass testing began as early as March 2020 when the World Health Organization (WHO) advised all countries to “test, test, test” in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. But government just couldn’t muster the resources nor the capacity to implement the strategy. Proceeding in... Media on the questionable arrests of the ‘Human Rights Day 7’ ON DECEMBER 10—Human Rights Day no less—the PNP arrested a journalist and six activists on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives as part of what critics denounced as a questionable string of such arrests. Lady Ann Salem, editor of online news site Manila Today, was arrested at... Justice for judges: Rappler flags impunity in lawyer killings NOT EVEN those who administer justice are spared from the country’s culture of violence and impunity. Since Duterte became president in 2016, 54 lawyers, prosecutors and judges have been murdered. As the number of killings continues to grow, justice remains elusive for the victims. Of the 54 killings documented... The Sub Judice rule and cases of public interest SEN. LEILA de Lima’s trial has moved at a snail’s pace, dragging on for more than three years since her arrest in February 2017. Charged with conspiracy to commit illegal drug trading, she is detained without bail. It took 18 months after her arrest for her arraignment to take... « Previous1…5960616263…202Next »
