The press freedom that we celebrate

Nestor Ramirez 09/06/2016

The Kapisanan nga mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP) Cebu chapter commenced the celebration of Broadcasters Month last Sunday with a parade and on the third week of this month, the print news organizations will also hold the…

Turkey targets media

07/26/2016

Ankara – Turkish authorities on Monday issued arrest warrants for over 40 journalists in a new phase of the controversial legal crackdown after the failed coup, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was to host opposition party chiefs…

26 Cebu journalists test negative for drugs

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/19/2016

Twenty-six of 27 journalists who underwent a surprise drug test on Monday were found negative of illegal drugs. One specimen submitted by a videographer wasn’t tested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) because it lacked the…

26 journalists test negative for drugs

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 07/19/2016

Twenty six of the twenty seven journalists (not 28 as previously reported) who volunteered to undergo the drug test were found negative of illegal drugs. One specimen submitted by a videographer wasn’t tested by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency…

28 journalists undergo drug testing

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carmel Loise Matus 07/18/2016

Some 28 journalists, covering the police and defense beat, volunteered to undergo a drug test after the press conference yesterday with the top police chief of the country at the Police Regional Office (PRO-7) headquarters in Cebu…

The prez and the press

Editorial 06/28/2016

Regrettably, the conversation between President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and the news media has turned sharp and shrill. All but lost in the noise is the two parties’ common duty in law and tradition to serve and to inform…

Something positive about Duterte’s media slur

Nestor Ramirez 06/14/2016

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s slur against the media should not be taken as entirely negative. The only thing that I did not agree about in his strong statement against the media is the part when he said that…

‘Don’t shoot the messenger, Mr. President’

06/04/2016

A PPI Statement The Philippine Press Institute (PPI) urgently calls on the incoming administration to commit itself in no uncertain terms to protecting journalists and other media workers in the country and thus uphold the constitutionally enshrined…

CCPC shocked over Duterte’s media killings statement

Carmel Loise Matus 06/02/2016

CEBU CITY–A Cebu-based organization composed of both media and non-media members was shocked by the statement of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte that corrupt journalists deserved to be killed. In a statement posted on its website on Thursday, the…

Farewell, Tito Nap

Ricky Poca 01/11/2016

It’s a sad time for the Rama family. Last Sunday afternoon, Napoleon G. Rama passed away in Manila in a private hospital due to an illness. Tito Nap was 93 years old and is survived by his…

Napoleon Rama writes 30

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/11/2016

Political writer and former newspaper publisher Napoleon Rama passed away last Sunday due to heart failure. He was 92 years old. Suspended Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said he received news of his uncle’s death from his…

Political writer Napoleon Rama passes on

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/11/2016

CEBU CITY—Political writer, who was cellmate of former senator Benigno Aquino Jr. during Martial Law, died of heart failure on Sunday. Napoleon Rama, 92, died in the hospital in Manila where he was brought a few days…

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