Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

Nakakalukang Coco

ABS-CBN update: Quisumbing says sorry to media Noong Marso pa pala unang pumunta itong si Ana Evangelista sa Commission on Human Rights at nagsampa ng kaso dahil sa pagkawala ng kanyang asawang si Darius, suspek daw sa panghu-hold up pagkatapos mahuli ng mga pulis. Meron din ibang pamilya na nagsasabing ang nakikita sa video na [...]

August 22, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Abante, Human Rights, Media  27 Comments

Iba’t ibang klaseng torture

Iba-ibang klaseng torture ang nakita natin nitong nakaraang linggo. Una yung kahindik-hindik na video ng turture sa isang hinahalaang holdupper sa Asuncion precinct station sa Tondo, Manila. Ang pangalawa naman ay ang pagwawala ni Commissioner Coco Quisumbing ng Commission on Human Rights sa media. Makikita sa video ang isang payat na lalaki ang namimilipit sa [...]

August 21, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Abante, Human Rights, Media  16 Comments

Verafiles’ trustee is 2010 Ninoy and Cory Aquino Fellow for Journalism

Veteran journalist, journalism educator and VERA Files trustee Yvonne Chua was named 2010 Ninoy and Cory Aquino Fellowship Awardee for journalism. In a simple ceremony held Monday, Chua was cited for the “depth and breadth of her work” as journalist. Flora May M.Cerna, head of the Department of Research and Project Development at the Transparency [...]

August 10, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Media, Vera Files  3 Comments

Finally, E.O on communications group released

Finally, Executive Order No. 4 was released yesterday “reorganizing and renaming the office of the press secretary as the presidential communications operations office; creating the presidential communications development and strategic planning office; and for other purposes.” Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma heads the Presidential Communications Operations (PCO). Secretary Ramon “Ricky” Carandang is Presidential Communications Development and [...]

August 10, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III, Governance, Media  6 Comments

Manny Pangilinan buys into Inquirer

Pangilinan is into real estate development (The Fort), telecommunications, power (Meralco), and what else? He is slowly becoming a force in media, another field of influence. ABC5 buys 10% stake in PDI The Philippine Daily Inquirer announces that after two decades of productive partnership with the (Ben) Pangilinan and Garcia families, they have decided to [...]

August 5, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Media  18 Comments

Humaneness in the age of technology

Stirring journalism and security worlds are WikiLeaks releases of classified military documents on the war in Afghanistan filched by a 22-year old American intelligence analyst from State department online files. The leaked documents are unprecedented in terms of volume – 91,000 diplomatic cables out of the 260,000 that Bradley Manning, the intelligence analyst, said he [...]

August 2, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Cyberspace, Malaya, Media  11 Comments

Office of the President website is back

If you click to www.op.gov.ph, the website of the Office of the President, it will direct you to www.gov.ph,the official website of the Philippine government. This is the page: It’s good to see President Aquino on the page finally. The Communications Team is at work even without the E.O. Related articles: Standoff at Malacañang’s media [...]

July 27, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III, Cyberspace, Media  9 Comments

Losing by default

I read that in the training of members of the Aquino cabinet on how to deal with media, public relations practitioner Carol Espiritu stressed the importance of credibility. How does one achieve credibility? By telling the truth. Never lie to media. You may be able to get away with it for a few hours or [...]

July 12, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III, Malaya, Media  105 Comments

It’s Carandang and Coloma

It looks like a compromise arrangement. Good luck! From ABS-CBN: President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has finally formed his communications group, according to ABS-CBN sources. Former Presidential Management Staff chief Herminio “Sonny” Coloma, who served under President Cory Aquino’s administration, is set to handle media operations. Former ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) news anchor Ricky Carandang, [...]

July 11, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III, Media  25 Comments

Will it be Carandang or Coloma?

Update, July 10, 2010: Carandang resigns from ABS-CBN. ANC Management accepted the resignation of Anchor Ricky Carandang, which he submitted Friday, July 10, 2010,” the statement from ANC read. According to sources, Carandang has accepted the offer to be part of the communications team of President Benigno Aquino III. Earlier Friday, Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa [...]

July 9, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III, Cyberspace, Media  54 Comments