Former UP dean launches workshop on ethical reporting
By April Burcer “One of the most common flaws of Philippine media is lack of context in reporting,” former dean of the College of Mass Communications in UP Diliman Luis Teodoro pointed out during his workshop on journalism ethics yesterday. Organized by the People’s Alternative Media Network (Altermidya), the workshop aimed to remind young media […]
Moro groups condemn Ramadhan airstrikes
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) air and ground strike operations in Liguasan Marsh, Maguindanao during the recent Ramadhan displaced 1,716 people or 208 families, a Moro human rights alliance said. Cotabato-based Kawagib said the AFP claimed that the attacks targeted ISIS members in the area but merely disrupted the lives of Moros instead, particularly […]
Stop water rates hikes until onerous fees resolved – WPN
Advocacy group Water for the People Network (WPN) is appealing to the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System – Regulatory Office (MWSS-RO) to halt the ongoing rate rebasing process that is expected to raise water rates in Metro Manila and its environs, saying the basis for determining future water rates remains unresolved. Concessionaires Maynilad and Manila […]
A matter of time
By Prof. Luis V. Teodoro The killing of three priests over the last six months — of Fr. Marcelito Paez last December, 2017, Fr. Mark Ventura in April, and Fr. Richmond Nilo this June — has provoked both outrage as well as fears that it is part of the Duterte regime’s campaign to silence its […]
Higaonons to Villanueva: ‘We need land, not money’
By LITO RULONA/Mindanao Gold Star Daily Cagayan de Oro City–TWO indigenes’ organizations over the weekend lashed out at 4th Infantry Division commander Ronald Villanueva in response to his accusation that Higaonon evacuees from Lagonglong town in Misamis Oriental were paid to camp out at the capitol grounds here. In a statement, the groups Tagtabulon and Kalumbay […]
Desiderata
Salin sa Filipino nina Cora at Rey Casambre Mula sa orihinal ni Max Ehrmann Humayo nang panatag Sa gitna ng ingay at pagmamadali at tandaang May kapayapaang matatagpuan sa katahimikan. Hangga’t maaari nang walang pagsuko, Makipagkapwa-tao. Bigkasin ang iyong katotohanan nang mahinahon at malinaw, at makinig sa iba, kahit sa mapurol o mangmang: sila […]
Children’s group Salinlahi celebrates 32nd anniversary
Aktibong pagtalakay sa mga isyu kaugnay sa karapatan ng kabataan ang naging kaganapan sa ika-32 anibersaryong programa ng Salinlahi Alliance for Children’s Concerns. Nagsama sama ang iba’t ibang sektor upang pangunahan ang usapin ukol sa kabataan na nararapat pagtuunan ng pansin ng kasalukuyang pamahalaan. Kasama rin sa programa ang pangkulturang pagtatanghal ng ilang kabataan upang […]
Ombudsman indicts Abaya, 16 others over P4.2 billion MRT maintenance contract
The Office of the Ombudsman indicted former Department of Transportation (DoTr) secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya and 16 others over a P4.2billion contract with several private companies for a three-year maintenance service of the problematic Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT3). Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales found probable cause to charge Abaya and the other respondents for violation […]
‘Ipinaglalaban ang kalayaan’
#BabaeAko campaign unites women in challenging the sexist behavior of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
This article by Karlo Mongaya is from Global Voices, an international and multilingual news site, and is republished on Kodao Productions as part of a content-sharing agreement. Women’s rights advocates in the Philippines have launched the #BabaeAko (I am a woman) campaign aimed at calling out the “anti-women” remarks and behavior of President Rodrigo Duterte. The […]