Revered PDI columnist, women’s rights fighter Rina Jimenez-David dies

Luisa Cabato 11/12/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Journalist Rina Jimenez-David died at the age of 68 on Sunday morning, her daughter confirmed in a Facebook post. “We are saddened to announce that our mother, the indefatigable Rina Jimenez David, passed away…

Maria Ressa, Philippine Nobel winner, acquitted of tax evasion: court

09/12/2023

Manila—Philippine Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted Tuesday, September 12, 2023, of her final tax evasion charge, in the latest legal victory for the veteran journalist as she battles to stay out of prison. Ressa smiled as…

Mike Enriquez inilaban ang buhay hanggang sa huling hininga, nagpa-dialysis pa bago pumanaw

Ervin Santiago 09/06/2023

LUMABAN hanggang dulo ang veteran broadcaster na si Mike Enriquez sa kanyang karamdaman bago tuluyang namaalam nitong nagdaang August 29. Siya ay 71 years old. Yan ang ibinahagi ng kanyang naulilang asawang si Lizabeth “Baby” Yumping-Enriquez na…

Mario Dumaual, veteran entertainment journalist, dies at 64

Hannah Mallorca 07/05/2023

Entertainment journalist Mario Dumaual has died due to septic shock as a result of his recent heart attack, his family said on Wednesday, July 5. He would’ve turned 65 years old this coming July 31, according to…

Filipinos urged to fact-check to counter the spread of disinformation in the Philippines

CDN Digital 01/27/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fact-checking is significant especially amidst the phenomenon of disinformation that is plaguing the Philippines. That is what the 2020 Marshall McLuhan Fellow Christian Esguerra emphasized in his talk during the Marshall McLuhan Forum…

NOPPO calling on witnesses to help solve case of murdered broadcaster

Immae Lachica 05/06/2020

    CEBU CITY, Philippines—Police in Negros Oriental are still working to determine the motive of the killing of Rex Cornelio Pepino, a Dumaguete-based journalist, and radio broadcaster, who was gunned down Tuesday night, May 5, 2020,…

Palace condoles with family of journalist Niñez Cacho-Olivares

Nestor Corrales 01/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Friday condoled with the family of veteran journalist Niñez Cacho-Olivares. “We would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family of one of the country’s veteran journalists, Ms. Niñez Cacho-Olivares,” Communications…

Alfredo Espinoza: Veteran journalist, incomparable father, passes on at 90

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/02/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The late Alfredo Espinoza was a veteran journalist and a strong pillar in Cebu’s print media industry and to his family. Marcelina Espinoza-Guerra, the fifth of Espinoza’s 11 children, said she would always…

Remembering Ricky Poca

Malou Guanzon Apalisok 12/26/2017

RICKY Poca emerged in the public eye in the mid-80s when he joined the struggle against the Marcos dictatorship. Together with his uncle, the late Cebu City councilor Clemente Rama, they helped the late Inday Nita Cortes…

Student journalists and the future of community news

Ryan Macasero 03/25/2017

While many aspiring journalists nationwide look to the capital to cover national events unfold, I did the opposite. I was already with a national news outlet and decided late 2015 that national news, listening to politicians repeat…

Cite your (credible) sources

Ryan Macasero 03/18/2017

“Cite your sources.” High school and college teachers would repeat this over and over and over again to students writing essays or research papers until they get it right. But many elected officials in the Philippines, including…

The women journalists who taught me courage

Ryan Macasero 03/11/2017

If women journalists in the Philippines participated in the global campaign “A Day Without a Woman” for International Women’s Day this year, most newsrooms across the country would be very empty. Well, we do have a gender…

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