Critics will always be critics, they say, but some quarters believe when there’s smoke there’s fire. There is no need to argue about it, the record of cases filed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) against more than 200 local officials before the office of the Ombudsman, spells how corrupt officials siphoned …
Thousands of my colleagues in Mindanao press from electronic to broadcast, down to the print media, have lost their jobs as their respective companies closed shop due to the pandemic. The economic crunch brought about by the pandemic has affected journalists all over the world, with print and broadcast media shifting to the online platforms when …
By: Cong. Pantaleon D. Alvarez To begin with, it is recognized (in the ideal world) that the logic of free markets, at first instance, makes sense. And this necessarily includes unimpeded importation under the assumption that markets are efficient, will force players to find their competitive advantage, and the invisible hand will – somehow – …
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Davao City — Davao del Norte First District Congressman Pantaleon D. Alvarez shares his opinion on the current move by some quarters calling for a revolutionary government. Read his thought on the issue. “Recently, there has been news about groups calling for the declaration of a Revolutionary Government (RevGov). The aim of this RevGov call …
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DAVAO CITY — The Davao region may have coughed out the attraction of the rebel New People’s Army for good. Nowhere is this more manifested than in the first class and agricultural town of Laak in Davao de Oro that has declared the NPAs off-limits, along with neighboring towns of Davao del Norte. For too …
I was inside my room, when I saw a big diving bird and playing around the neighborhood, enjoying the space and silence, it was then I realized, we were still on quarantine. Movement of people was discouraged if not necessary. Oops! it wasn’t like this before when most people and vehicles passed my window. I …
In December 2019, when the Wuhan virus broke off, many of us- the millennials did not bother, we were busy with a new year’s wish and what the ‘Medya Noche’ would be in our homes. But in the middle of January 2020, the issue became hotter and hotter each day, until the government decided that …
“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.” – Montesquieu The Malacañang Press Corps strongly condemns the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) cease and desist order that shut down broadcast company ABS-CBN as a shameless and blatant attack on press freedom. NTC’s decision …
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We are currently facing an unprecedented health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the world also represents a new challenge for the press, which was already battling smear campaigns and defamation. Today, citizens are on lockdown, eager for news like never before. And more than ever, the news must be fact-checked, verified. Because disinformation spreads …
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DAVAO CITY —The Philippine Embassy in Malaysia sent home 183 Stranded Filipinos in Malaysia. The Philippine Embassy in Kuala Lumpur sent off a total of 183 Filipinos stranded in Malaysia on 28 April 2020 through mass repatriation it organized with the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila. Ferried via a Philippine …
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