KILLED execution-style. Blown up by a bomb. Tortured. Held incommunicado for 13 years. Disappeared.
And all that for chasing stories of crime, corruption, and conflict. Or for sketching cartoons.
They are all journalists. Their tragic stories now...
A FREELANCE journalist in Burma who had been reported missing since Sept. 30 had died while in the custody of the Burmese Army.
The Army's story: A suspected rebel and was shot while trying to grab a soldier's weapon.
Reporters Without Borders...
Or is the poor vote a stupid vote?
WHEN one is poor in the Philippines, it is supposed that one is also stupid.
That's why the masa - the ignorant masses - are much sought after when elections are just around the corner. Their sheer numerical power...
FREEDOM of information advocates will meet with Speaker Feliciano Belmonte on Monday, October 27, at 1:30 p.m. at the House of Representatives to submit additional signatures of more than 35,000 individuals who have expressed support for the passage of a...
October 24, 2014 · Posted in: General
By Cong B. Corrales
STRONG with words, weak with numbers. That, for the longest time, seems to be the stereotype of journalists.
As PCIJ Executive Director Malou Mangahas says in jest, most reporters take up journalism because it only has one Math...
The blunders of a general
ON WEDNESDAY, the Commission on Appointments conducted a hearing to confirm Army Col. Medardo Geslani’s promotion to brigadier general. However, Maguindanao Representative Zahid Mangudadatu also questioned the promotion....
Trick or treat? Army officials treated by CA as Halloween nears
By Julius D. Mariveles and Cong B. Corrales
“SCARY." "Dismaying.” “Disappointing.” “A threat to our freedoms.”
Reactions flew hard and fast yesterday after the Commission...
