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 Senate’s war on terror: Bill goes unquestioned by the media ANOTHER MEASURE broadening the scope of state action to fight terrorism is on the horizon. But the proposed legislation, which was approved on its third and final reading this week, seems to have gone under the radar of media attention. Senate Bill 1083 seeks to repeal the existing Human... Curious confidential funds — and media’s curious loss of interest THE RESIGNATION of a public official at the level of undersecretary does not usually make news. But when Eliseo Rio, Jr., undersecretary in the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), announced he was leaving his post, it caused a bit of a stir in major newspapers. He filed... Government’s COVID-19 response: Media must ask for the finer details FEAR AND restlessness is a natural response to crisis. More so when the crisis involves an epidemic spreading with the speed of the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV). The outbreak has so far afflicted thousands in China and hundreds more across twenty-four countries, including the Philippines. The nCoV, now newly... Making sense of Calida’s second quo warranto SOLICITOR GENERAL (SolGen) Jose Calida filed a quo warranto petition in the Supreme Court on February 10 asking the high court “to forfeit” ABS-CBN’s franchise, challenging the media and the public to make sense of the legal undertaking. But there was no copy of the petition available on that... One year of rehab for Manila Bay: Beyond coliform readings A TIMELY question a year after the “Battle for Manila Bay” was launched: Who’s winning? The government kicked off its three-phase and seven-year rehab plan for the once majestic Manila Bay last year on January 27, with hundreds joining a solidarity walk along Roxas Boulevard. CMFR noted then that... Continuing nCoV coverage: News organizations made a difference FILIPINO WATCHED with alarm as China grappled with the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (nCoV-ARD). With overseas Filipino workers in China and elsewhere, and the influx of Chinese nationals, both tourists and workers, the sense of crisis quickly gripped the nation. The Department of Health... The nCoV travel ban: Beyond the regional scope PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte ordered a temporary ban on the entry into the Philippines of tourists from China and its special administrative regions of Macau and Hongkong. But some visitors from that country have nevertheless managed to visit Boracay island despite the ban. Duterte issued the order last February 2,... News that keeps up with science JOURNALISTS HAVE demonstrated improved capacity in reporting tropical cyclones and its dangers. Some 20 typhoons a year gives the press a lot of practice. With the eruption of Taal, journalists must prepare to report another kind of disaster phenomenon. Taal’s eruption forced the media and even local government units... Initial coverage on nCoV threat: Some media organize information better than others ON DECEMBER 31, 2019, overseas news reported an outbreak of a “mysterious” respiratory disease spreading in China. By January 7, 2020, Chinese health authorities had identified the disease as a new type of the coronavirus, now referred to as the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV). Reports said experts suspect that... ICC complaint withdrawal: Does it Matter? ON JANUARY 14, lawyer and International Criminal Court (ICC) complainant Jude Sabio announced that he would withdraw his complaint. He said that he realized the complaint he filed before the ICC in 2017 alleging that President Rodrigo Duterte is guilty of crimes against humanity was driven by “political propaganda”... « Previous1…6970717273…203Next »
