Jessica Soho Archives

Press freedom champion: Journalists pay tribute to Former President Ramos

FIDEL V. RAMOS (FVR), the 12th President of the Philippines, died on July 31. He was 94. Read more

This Week in Media (January 24 to 28, 2022)

ON THE pandemic front, media reported this week the pilot run of vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11 to start on February 4 and the approval for public... Read more

GMA-7 airs one-sided interview against ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN’s 25-year franchise expired on May 4, 2020. The House of Representatives had not decided on the network’s application for its franchise renewal. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued... Read more

Duterte in Japan: Media Missed What It Was All About

ONE OF the long standing allies of the Philippines, Japan is also one of the country’s top partners in trade and development. The two countries are not embroiled in... Read more

Broadcaster Jessica Soho to Receive 2018 UP Gawad Plaridel

BROADCAST JOURNALIST Jessica Soho has been named the 2018 University of the Philippines (UP) Gawad Plaridel recipient in the Outstanding Journalist category. The award is given annually to... Read more

Barangay Polls: Television Does the Job

CHEERS TO TV reports on Monday, May 14 which provided substantial information regarding the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Election. Issues concerning the local government hardly draw media... Read more

A Game of Musical Chairs: Drug War Back to PDEA

FROM PNP to PDEA – once more. President Rodrigo Duterte passed the responsibility for all anti-illegal drug operations to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) with a memorandum... Read more

Media Practitioners Recognized in Bahaghari Awards

IN LINE with the 22nd pride celebrations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and ally (LGBTQIA) community in the Philippines, allies from the media industry were recognized... Read more

REPORTING THE PAPAL VISIT: Transmitting charisma, faith and spirituality

On July 29 last year, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) made official the dates for the visit of Pope Francis to the Philippines, less than five... Read more