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 “Ompong” Coverage: OK But Could Have Been Better TYPHOON OMPONG (Mangkhut) was the 15th and so far the strongest typhoon to smash into the Philippines this year, and even as it approached had invited comparisons with the power of such earlier typhoons as Ondoy (2009), Yolanda (2013) and Lawin (2015). Ompong’s maximum winds reached 205 kph... The Duterte Talk Show: Media Saw Through the Subterfuge MALACAÑANG ANNOUNCED last September 10 President Rodrigo Duterte’s desire to “speak to the nation.” But Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque did not disclose what he would be talking about on the following day. (“Duterte ‘speaking to nation’ on September 11”) Without a clue as to the subject of the... Only One Big Story at a Time? ISSUES AND events which deserve attention are often sidelined when a big story breaks and continues to develop. But in this age of multiple media platforms and formats there is no excuse for media’s dropping the ball on these important stories. President Rodrigo Duterte’s voiding the amnesty of... Media on Trillanes’ Amnesty: Quick Resistance in Aid of Democratic Values CHEERS! THE media has responded quickly to President Duterte’s most recent attempt to silence a critic, exposing the voiding of the grant of amnesty to Senator Antonio Trillanes IV as a blatant political maneuver without legal basis. The fiasco has done exactly the opposite of its objective, gaining... Media Detects Possible Corruption in “Build” Program THE DUTERTE regime’s “Build, Build, Build” program is supposed to improve and add to the country’s aging and inadequate infrastructure, but some projects are still unfinished and past their target dates of completion. Cheers to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its September 5 and 6 reports on... Media Reports the KB Reunion in UP, Stokes Memories of its Role in Martial Law Screengrab from Inquirer. OLD FRIENDS gather together because of shared connections in the past. So what’s so bad about the reunion of the alumnae of the Kabataang Barangay (KB) in the UP Bahay ng Alumni? It struck a painful chord in the memories of those who stood against Martial... PH Withdrawal from ICC: Other Issues Distract Media from Oral Arguments WITH SO many other issues in the news, the media has not kept track of the case filed in the Supreme Court (SC), which relates to the killing of thousands of Filipinos caused by the government’s campaign against illegal drugs, a central policy of the Duterte administration. Responding to... Sultan Kudarat Blasts: In-depth Reports Needed AN IMPROVISED explosive device (IED) went off in a night market in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, August 28, killing three persons and injuring more than 30 others. The police and military blamed the blasts on the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), but Abu Misry Mama, the group’s spokesperson,... Who’s Accountable? Media on the Food Shortage Crisis CONTINUOUS RAINS along with typhoons have affected Philippine agricultural and aqua-cultural harvests this year, resulting in lower supplies and higher prices for such basic commodities as rice and fish. To address the problem, the Department of Agriculture (DA) imported these Filipino staples. But the DA’s 330,000 bags of... Ampatuan Wedding Furlough: Just Another Social Event? SHAME ON media organizations that seem to have forgotten the wholesale murder of their own brothers and sisters in the journalism profession and failed to report how a politician accused of a massacre have obtained a special privilege. Much of the media reported the furlough from detention of... « Previous1…8788899091…203Next »
