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 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... Rappler Explains Nuances of Crime Statistics LAST AUGUST 14, President Rodrigo Duterte said he did not want to “suggest a Constitutional succession” should he resign the presidency. He said Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo cannot “improve on anything” in case she succeeds him, claiming that Naga City, the hometown and bailiwick of the vice president... Forty-one Days as Chief Justice: A New Norm THE FALLOUT from the Supreme Court’s (SC) ouster of former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno last June is continuing. On Saturday, August 25, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra announced President Rodrigo Duterte choice of De Castro as the next Chief Justice. It was not a reward for her involvement... Amidst Attempts at Revising History: Remembering Ninoy Aquino’s Martyrdom “THE FILIPINO is worth dying for.” Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.’s words still resonate in the hearts and minds of the Filipino people more than three decades after his death. Returning to the Philippines on August 21, 1983 from a three-year exile in the United States, Aquino was... Federalism Faces Uncertain Future: Media Misses Meaning of Cabinet Opposition DUTERTE INCLUDED among his campaign promises in 2016 the shift to federalism as a way to jump-start government decentralization and the re-distribution of development nationwide. His rhetoric never detailed how this would be done, but it was one of the changes which appealed to many voters in far-flung regions... « Previous1…8889909192…204Next »
