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PANOORIN: Pananalasa ng Ompong sa Hong Kong, Macau

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 10:45 PM

Nagpadala ang mga Bayan Patroller ng mga video ng paghagupit ng bagyong Ompong o Mangkhut sa Hong Kong at Macau.  Read more »

TINGNAN: Bayan Patrollers, dama na ang ulan at hangin ni 'Ompong'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 10:42 PM

Umaga pa lang ay ramdam na sa Luzon ang malakas na pagbuhos ng ulan dala ng bagyong Ompong.  Read more »

'I will rape you': How female journalists face abuse

Sonia Elks, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 14 05:44 AM

Nearly two-thirds said they had suffered online harassment or threats, with more than one in ten reporting it happened often or daily. Read more »

Davao Region most favored; others get cuts, token hike in infra budgets

Malou Mangahas, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at Sep 05 10:26 PM

IT'S AS GOOD as it gets for Davao Region, home and bailiwick of President Rodrigo R. Duterte.  Read more »

Man charged for threatening to kill U.S. newspaper employees

Reuters
Posted at Aug 30 10:57 PM

Prosecutors said Robert Chain, 68, called journalists "the enemy of the people" in a series of threatening phone calls that echoed the same words Trump has used to criticize unflattering news coverage through his campaign and years in office. Read more »

ABS-CBN's Jeff Canoy is 2018 Marshall McLuhan fellow

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 02:16 PM

ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Jeff Canoy is this year’s Marshall McLuhan fellow. Read more »

Crippling costs of war reporting and investigative journalism

Frédéric Pouchot and Fiachra Gibbons, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 03:38 PM

The cost of war reporting and investigative journalism is becoming prohibitive for media outlets, campaigners have warned. Read more »

OPINYON: Ang katotohanan ay karapatang pangtao

Buddy Gomez — CYBERBUDDY
Posted at Aug 24 09:46 PM

Lagi nating tandaan: Ang katotohanan ay karapatang pangtao din! Read more »

Bangon Marawi? Rush to seal deals locked in delay, confusion, funds lack

Malou Mangahas, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at Aug 24 02:29 AM

SINCE last May, the task force leading the government’s efforts to rebuild the Islamic City of Marawi in Lanao del Sur has been setting and resetting groundbreaking rites for a multibillion-peso, 22-component project under its "minimum scope of work" in the 250-hectare "conflict zone" or the city’s "most affected area" (MAA). Read more »

The PowerChina puzzle: Newly registered 'domestic firm' bids for P17-B Marawi deal

Malou Mangahas, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at Aug 24 01:41 AM

LAST JULY 2, after being declared ineligible to bid for the multibillion-peso contract to rebuild Marawi City’s conflict zone or “most affected area (MAA),” a consortium led by a China state-owned enterprise filed a motion for reconsideration with the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM). Read more »

OPINION: An enlightening book on the founding of Pinoy journalism

John Paul 'JP' Tanchanco -- JPnomics
Posted at Jul 28 05:37 PM

Would the founders of Pinoy journalism and media be proud of us today? Read more »

Hazard pay, additional insurance coverage for journalists sought

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 12:18 PM

MANILA - Journalists and other media practitioners covering conflict and disaster areas should be given insurance coverage and hazard pay, according to a bill filed by Senator Leila de Lima. Read more »

Inquirer editor, reporters slam takedown of Pepsi Paloma stories on own news site

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 06 03:56 PM

Several staff members the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) have taken to social media to protest its online platform's removal of articles on the rape and death of '80s star Pepsi Paloma pending review over a senator's complaint.    Read more »

Inquirer says takedown of Pepsi Paloma articles not a press freedom issue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 05:26 PM

Online news website Inquirer.net on Thursday said its removal of articles on the rape and death of '80s star Pepsi Paloma pending review over a senator's complaint is "not a question of press freedom." Read more »

DSWD blows a billion pesos on food packs, various kits for Marawi

Malou Mangahas and Karol Ilagan, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at May 26 04:18 AM

NEARLY EVERY month in the last half of 2017, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office in Region XII (Central Mindanao) went on a shopping binge and ended up splurging over a billion pesos.  Read more »

ABS-CBN a finalist for plum Asia journalism prize

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 19 01:13 AM

ABS-CBN has been named a finalist for 2 categories at the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards, which honor editorial excellence in both traditional and new media in the region. Read more »

'Bonfire of the Vanities' author Tom Wolfe dead at 88

Bill Trott, Reuters
Posted at May 16 11:19 AM

Tom Wolfe, an early practitioner of "new journalism" who captured the mood and culture of America across five decades with books including "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "The Right Stuff," and "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test," has died at the age of 88, his agent said. Read more »

UP disqualifies 2 graduating students from Collegian editorial exams; student journos protest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 01:12 PM

Two graduating students of the University of the Philippines (UP) have complained of being barred from taking the editorial examination of the Philippine Collegian even as school officials explained that they did not meet the requirements to apply for the position.   Read more »

Beyond the death toll, humanizing the victims

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at May 05 05:58 AM

Thousands have been killed in this government’s so-called “war” on drugs. At the same time, thousands of words and images have been written and photographed in this war. Read more »

Cops shift from open to opaque: What’s secret about drug war data?

Vino Lucero, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Posted at May 04 10:09 PM

Right before the inaugural as president of Rodrigo R. Duterte and the launch of his so-called war on drugs, I got an interview with a police general about a homegrown information system of the Philippine National Police (PNP). Read more »