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 Chronicles: NSCB, EJAP awards Statistics Board cite media practitioners The National Statistic Coordination Board cited The Philippine Star, GMA-7 and ABS-CBN Cebu’s dyAB in the 2nd NSCB Media Awards. The 2nd NSCB Media awards included citations for television and radio. The awards seek to recognize reporters from media organizations whose reports and articles... Ressa Resigns as ABS CBN News VP Journalist Maria Ressa has resigned from her post as ABS-CBN’s vice president for news and current affairs. In a statement released on Oct. 11, Ressa said she decided not to renew her contract which expires on Jan. 3, 2011. She added she will go on terminal leave starting Nov.... A story’s cost in lives By DJ Yap It was sunny and steaming when I came rushing to the Quirino Grandstand that morning. By nightfall, the skies were in a rage. Until the last minutes of the 11-hour hostage drama of Aug. 23, the mood behind the press line was calm. Journalists milled about,... Beyond traffic jams, stone throwing JEERS to TV newscasts, some major broadsheets and a radio commentator for virtually reducing the September demolition in North Triangle, Quezon City to a violent stone-throwing incident and major traffic problem. CHEERS to Bulatlat.com and Aksyon of TV5 for providing the much-needed context. Ted Failon’s commentary did not help... JEER OF THE MONTH: To purge or not to purge JEERS TO the Philippine press for not looking into the abolition of 10 supposedly “redundant” agencies which include the Mindanao Development Council, the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission, and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Global Warming, among others. The press did also not explain why certain non-performing government-owned and... On-again, off-again JEERS to the press for spotty reporting on the Dacer-Corbito murder case. Initially, the press did follow up reports on the Dacer-Corbito murder case when the daughters of slain publicist Salvador “Bubby” Dacer filed last Sept. 16 a civil suit against former president Joseph Estrada, Sen. Panfilo Lacson and... Sacked: ABS-CBN fires more employees For half of her 16- year service, Weng Hidalgo was a reporter for broadcast giant ABS-CBN though she was never regularized. In 2003, she filed a regularization complaint against the network before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC). Hidalgo was elated when the network offered her a regularization contract... Ex-station manager files complaint against RMN management The former Radio Mo Nationwide (RMN) station manager in Davao has filed a complaint before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) against network executives for his allegedly illegal dismissal. RMN sacked three media workers last September including former dxDC manager Mario Maximo Solis. Solis, who was also a dxDC... Magazine, features writer receive Newsbreak health fellowships Second round of fellowships open until Dec. 1 A magazine contributor and a women’s features writer were the first two recipients of the Maggie de Pano fellowships for health reporting. Women Features Service writer Elena Masilungan and Playboy contributor Ana Santos were chosen among the journalists and writers who... RH Discussion: Derailed by “Damaso” episode by Rupert Francis Mangilit and Ruby Shaira Panela A health center carries a chart on modern birth control methods. The RH bill aims to enhance information dissemination and access to these and other reproductive healthcare. (photo by Lito Ocampo) In the thick of the exchange between the groups opposed... « Previous1…1718192021Next »
