Secure reporters’ safety first, police told

Benjie Talisic 09/06/2017

THE president of the police beat reporters group in Cebu expressed his support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s pronouncement to allow reporters to cover anti-drug operations. But Arnold Bustamante, news anchor of DyHP, said the safety of the…

PRESS FREEDOM CELEBRATION

08/25/2017

House declares Sept. 21 a special working holiday AN act of Congress will recognize the celebration of Cebu Press Freedom Day on Sept. 21 of every year as a “special working holiday” in the entire Cebu. The…

Info on Kian based on social media posts — police

Inquirer.net 08/24/2017

The relieved police chief of Caloocan City admitted that the information that Kian Lloyd Delos Santos was a drug pusher was somehow based on posts circulating on social media. “We based some information na lamalabas sa social…

Judges, court workers told: Exercise prudence in using social media

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jessa Mae O. Sotto 08/18/2017

BE careful. With the rise of social media, the Office of the Court Administrator (OCA) has called on trial judges and court employees to exercise prudence in posting photographs, liking posts and making comments in social networking…

Media, Leonen win martial law extension

Oscar Franklin Tan 07/24/2017

  Jakarta — Media misframing of the martial law debate and its hyping of Justice Marvic Leonen’s dissent clearly won martial law’s extension. The letters on the sides of news reports on Congress’ joint session last July…

Girl accuses habal driver of rape

Cristelita E. Boco 07/08/2017

A TEENAGE girl accused a habal-habal or motorcycle-for-hire driver of raping her at a secluded, forested portion in Barangay Upper Media Once in Toledo City, midwest Cebu at past 3 a.m. last Friday. The driver identified as…

Cebu media practitioner denies role in bomb hoax

Calvin Cordova 07/06/2017

A Cebu-based photojournalist denied involvement in a bomb hoax that was posted in the Facebook page Cebu Flash Report (CFR). Alan Tangcawan said he had nothing to do with last Tuesday’s CFR post that stated that a…

Dubbed, dumb media

FR. FRANCIS ONGKINGCO 06/16/2017

All, except one, were widows at their annual batch reunion. The atmosphere was high with news about whos and wheres. Restaurants and fashion lines also landed on the table overflowing with assorted rich dishes and desserts that…

Military fighting Maute even on social media

Inquirer.net 06/09/2017

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur — The military has asked Facebook Philippines to take down at least 63 accounts that it claimed were being operated by supporters and sympathizers of the Maute Group. Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera,…

Trump is a laughing stock

Ricky Poca 05/15/2017

US President Donald Trump’s sacking of James Comey as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) continues to draw flak from the public coming as it is after months of an investigation into Russia’s alleged interference…

Much ado about Mocha

Stephen D. Capillas 05/11/2017

Truth to tell, I was sort of surprised at first with all the negative comments on entertainer/blogger Mocha Uson back when she was still in the sidelines and then President-elect Rodrigo Duterte spent his first few days…

Online media as influencer

05/10/2017

What do the rising number of teenage pregnancies, online sexual extortion and cyberpornography cases have in common? They all involve youths, mostly underage and female, who are victimized by sexual predators either old enough to be their…

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