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 Cheers! Philstar.com documents poor Senate record as watchdog against abuse ONLY TWO senators dissented when the Senate passed its third and final version of the Anti-Terrorism Bill in February, amidst protests about the potential for abuse in the implementation of the law and senators’ assurances about sufficient safeguards. The now-enacted Anti-Terrorism Act has since been challenged by numerous petitions... Rappler looks into Duterte’s many task forces THE GOVERNMENT is not new to national task forces, special bodies formed by the president to address urgent matters. President Duterte has created 16 task forces so far, perhaps more than any of his predecessors had done. Obviously, task forces are only as good as the people running them.... Can’t probe or won’t ? RODRIGO ROA Duterte talked big about ending corruption in government even during his 2016 campaign. Four years into his term, he has definitely shown a soft side for some officials, holding them to standards less harsh than those he has held others. CMFR noted how most of the media... Another LGU best practice: Inquirer reports Valenzuela’s contact tracing CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a two-part series that featured a local government’s approach to contact tracing. This important measure against COVID-19 has been underappreciated by the national government since the pandemic began, but Valenzuela City has shown how this can be done efficiently on a smaller... Three typhoons in a row: Too much for government and for media IN A period of three weeks, three destructive typhoonshit the country like a chain of bad luck. Typhoon Quinta made landfall in Quezon in late October and swept through provinces of Central Luzon. Super Typhoon Rolly struck the island of Catanduanes and parts of Bicol region on November 1.... Sensational treatment, lack of facts mar report on RTC shooting JEERS TO several media outfits that made a spectacle out of the fatal shooting of a regional trial court judge allegedly by her clerk of court in Manila. Breaking news accounts repeatedly flashed a video, supplied by an unidentified source, showing the crime scene. Some news organizations uploaded the... Rappler brings to light military’s dangerous behavior online THE DUTERTE administration’s fight against communist insurgency has taken to social media platforms as a frontline of action. As the military justifies its “information war” to help quell insurgency, its resort to red-tagging citizens has become its major tactic. The objects of such a campaign have included journalists whose... MIA again: Duterte “at home” during 2020’s strongest typhoon CRITICS ON social media were quick to call out the president’s conspicuous absence in government’s response to Super Typhoon Rolly. The world’s strongest tropical cyclone this year ravaged Southern Luzon and the Bicol region last Sunday, November 1, triggering flooding, landslides and lahar flows, destroying thousands of houses and... Crackdown on corruption? Few reports question Duterte’s “mega task force” ADMITTING THAT corruption persists under his term, President Rodrigo Duterte on October 27 instructed the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of corruption “in the entire government.” Speaking in a taped address, Duterte said the directive remains in effect until the last day of his term. Apparently, Justice Secretary... More terror from anti-terrorism law’s IRR WITH 37 PETITIONS filed before the Supreme Court questioning its constitutionality, the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)has become one of the most contested laws in recent history. After it was signed into law last July 3, lawyers led the complaints, joined by academics, religious leaders, journalists and other members of civil... « Previous1…6061626364…202Next »
