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 Proposed Joint PH-China Oil and Gas Exploration: Where’s the Framework? BEFORE LEAVING for the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Singapore, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a July 31 press briefing that the Philippine government offered to China a “starting proposition” of a 60-40 profit-sharing scheme in the joint oil and gas exploration of the West Philippine... Furthering a Hidden Agenda? HAVING BARELY survived past controversies, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who’s been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, is now Speaker of the House. But from her take-over of that post during the president’s State of the Nation Address to the three-way minority war that ensued,... House Shakeup: Media Misses Meaning of Minority Power WHO IS the real minority? Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s installation as House Speaker on July 23 saw her long time supporters appointed quickly to key positions: Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. (1st district, Camarines Sur) as the new majority leader, Romeo Prestoza, former head of Presidential Security Group as sergeant-at-arms... Eagle Eyes on Arroyo’s Return to Power IN A running commentary of the SONA event, a news anchor let slip her view of the change of leadership in the House of Representatives, saying it was a vindication of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as cameras dutifully focused on the subject. On the same night in social media,... Duterte’s Health: Few Media Point Out Public’s Right to Know LATE ON July 22, the eve of President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), news online reported that the president had gone to Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City, citing Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque as source. Roque said it was a “routine” check-up which took... TV Attention Wanders from SONA # 3 THE THIRD State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 23, may have been a first for the president because it was relatively short and expletive-free. But whatever positive impact it had was lost in the melee, as partisans battled for the speakership... BOL in the News: Coverage Stuck on the Event, a Matter of Procedure (Updated) ON THE evening of July 18, the bicameral conference committee approved the reconciled version of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) after addressing the different contentious provisions of House Bill 6475 and Senate Bill 1717. The historic passage came a year and a day after the 21-member Bangsamoro Transition Commission... What to Make of the People’s Initiative on No-EL HE MAY seem to be the lone voice pushing for the postponement of the midterm elections, but House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez may be getting some other signal from his political bosses, as the latest statement from Malacañang suggests official acceptance of a “people’s initiative.” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque... Prepping for the SONA: Media Flags Critical Issues THE STATE of the Nation Address (SONA) has given the country’s chief executive an opportunity to report its achievements as well as map out plans for the future. The political ritual is a generous gift to the incumbent, and clever politics milks it for every bit of positive... Chinese Military Vessels in Davao: Another New Norm? IS THERE a new norm that Filipinos are being primed to accept? On July 17, the Philippine Navy and National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed that Yuan Wang 3, a Chinese research ship, docked in Sasa Wharf, Davao City in the evening of Monday, July 16. Lorenzana told... « Previous1…8990919293…202Next »
