ASEAN media remain `not free’
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (April 19, 9:35 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
Three journalists from the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar emailed a few questions about the media situation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Allow...
Source: Rising Sun
Philippine presidential candidates should have Media Agenda
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (Feb. 22, 10:17 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
It is easy for all Philippine presidential candidates to claim that they are advocates of press freedom. Who would dare impose restrictions on media whose favorable coverage...
Source: Rising Sun
ASEAN intervention in human rights issues
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (February 15, 8:34 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
JAKARTA, Indonesia (February 15) — An interesting development in the massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao (Philippines) which claimed the lives of at least 30 Filipino...
Source: Rising Sun
Philippine government misuses RFID technology
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (January 11, 8:00 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (“Philippine Fantasy”).
Why is there resistance in the Philippines to a technology that is widely used in many countries like South Korea?
Starting this year, the Land Transportation...
Source: Rising Sun
Pakibasa kung ikaw ay aktibista
N.B. – This will be published in the January 8-14, 2010 issue of Pinoy Weekly.
Maniwala ka. Hindi ako katulad mo. Hindi mo dapat gamitin ang salitang “kasama” tuwing kinakausap ako.
At kung ikaw ay isa pang estudyante, mas kailangan mong malaman ang isang napakahalagang bagay: Hindi...
Source: Rising Sun
Teaching journalism amid the culture of impunity
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (January 4, 9:30 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (“Philippine Fantasy”).
How should journalism be taught at a time when journalists are killed with impunity and the government remains hostile to press freedom?
The following questions...
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Ampatuan massacre and journalists as newsmakers
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (December 21, 11:00 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (“Philippine Fantasy”).
Some journalists reportedly went overboard when they mobbed the primary suspect in what is now known as the Ampatuan massacre which resulted in 57 deaths,...
Source: Rising Sun
Rushed martial law report deserves an `F’
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (December 7, 6:00 a.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
Students know fully well the consequences of submitting a badly written paper. Too bad the same can’t be said for the powers-that-be in the Philippines.
Rushing to...
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Journalists deserve freedom after speech
N.B. – This was published in the December 7, 2009 issue of JoongAng Daily, an English newspaper based in Seoul, where the Philippine Resource Persons Group (PhilRPG) has a weekly column (Pinoy Voices). The full text of my article may also be retrieved from http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2913540.
Thirty...
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Batas militar sa Maguindanao
N.B. – This was published in the December 4-10, 2009 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://pinoyweekly.org/new/2009/12/batas-militar-sa-maguindanao/.
Baka naman ang kolektibong ahitasyon ay dahil lang sa mapaglarong imahinasyon. Baka naman kailangan talagang...
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