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Parang wala na rin ang ‘live coverage’ desisyun ng SC sa Maguindanao masaker trial

Published by Ellen on June 18, 2011

Update:

Malacañang statement:

In keeping with the President’s longstanding position that the cause of justice and sustained reforms in ARMM require live coverage of the Maguindanao Massacre Trial, Secretary Herminio Coloma of the PCOO has instructed NBN4 to undertake a gavel-to-gavel coverage of the trial.

New feature in this blog

Published by Ellen on June 15, 2011

I’ll be adding some new features to make your visit more worthwhile. I’m starting with a new section “Events and notices” on the right column.…

Chit Estella: ‘She lived the life she wanted’

Published by Ellen on May 17, 2011

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/metro-manila/05/15/11/journalists-pay-tribute-simbulan
By Yvonne T. Chua
VERA Files

Chit Estella and I were well on our way to obtaining tenure as professors of journalism at the University of the Philippines in Diliman when classes open this June. We had survived the university’s dreaded “up or out” policy after graduating this month with a master’s degree in public management from the UP Open University.

At long last, we could put aside the gnawing fear we had shared for years – of whether longtime, aging professional journalists like us could and should still make a life out of the academe.

Both of us could also focus more on Vera Files, the small media nonprofit group we co-founded with four journalist-friends three years ago to keep us abreast not only of the journalism profession but, more important, of one another.

Dapat magkaroon ng kabuluhan ang pagkamatay ni Chit

Published by Ellen on May 15, 2011

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/columns/columns/view/20110515-336645/Chit-Estella-Journalism-with-Integrity

http://raissarobles.com/2011/05/13/i-salute-journalist-professor-chit-estella-for-her-bravery-and-grace-under-fire/

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20110515-336581/Chit-Estella-Life-changing-teacher-editor-journalist-pal

Chit from Raissa's blog — Thanks to Raissa Robles for this photo

Hindi naman talaga ako mapamahiin (superstitious) dahil naniniwala ako na walang tatalo sa kapangyarihan ng Panginoon at lahat na nangyayari dito sa mundo ay kagustuhan ng Panginoon.

Hindi tayo tatagal dito sa mundo na mas matagal sa nakatakda sa atin ng Panginoon. Hindi rin pwedeng mas maaga. Kung ano ang nakatakda, yan ang mangyayari. Yan ang aking paniniwala.

Siguro nagkataon lang ngunit ang petsa ng pagkamatay ng aking kaibigan na si Chit Estella, trustee rin ng VERA Files, ay Biyernes a-trese (Friday the 13th).Siguro nagkataon lang dahil marami namang Friday, the 13th na walang masamang nangyayari.

Ito ang usapan naming ni Ruben Alabastro ng Philippine Daily Inquirer na hindi rin sinadya, na nasa page 13 lumabas ang balita tungkol kay Chit.

Mahilig si Chit sa horoscope. Sabi ng kanyang asawang si Roland Simbulan, tuwing umaga pumunta sila sa website ng horoscope. Nang umaga ng May0 13, kilig si Chit sa kanyang horoscope na nagsabing: “Something will happen that will not only be evolutionary but revolutionary that will change your life.”

VERA Files trustee Chit Estella writes 30

Published by Ellen on May 13, 2011

VERA Files announces with deep sorrow the demise of VERA Files co-founder and trustee Lourdes Estella- Simbulan. She was 54. A full-time faculty member of…

We will sorely miss Joe Pavia

Published by Ellen on April 19, 2011

Our condolence to the family of Joe Pavia, a fellow advocate of press freedom.

Jose has been sick for quite some time but he was always with us, even in rallies, calling for justice for journalists who were killed in the Nov 2009 Ampatuan massacre.

Joe, as everybody calls him, passed away early morning of April 18 of complications from lung at the UERM Hospital. He was 72 years old.

His remains lay at the Arlington Chapel on Araneta Avenue. Necrological service will be on Thursday, 6 p.m. to be led by the Philippine Press Institute, where Joe served as executive director until his death.

In a tribute to Joe, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said “His death leaves a gnawing void in the community of press freedom.”

MTRCB considers suspension of ‘Willing Willie’

Published by Ellen on April 6, 2011

by VERA Files for Yahoo

Willing Willie — Suspension ruling out April 7

The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) is expected to rule on Thursday, April 7, on the controversy over the March 12 episode of TV5’s early evening variety show “Willing Willie” where host Willie Revillame goaded a tearful six-year old boy into doing a sexually suggestive dance while the audience laughed at the child.

But if for some reasons they would have to delay the ruling, MTRCB Chair Grace Poe-Llamanzares said, “There are talks of a preventive suspension. That’s one option.”

Another MTRCB official, who asked not to be named because he was not the authorized spokesperson, said, “There’s no question about the suspension. What is being discussed is for how long.”

How Aquino can regain lost ground

Published by Ellen on April 5, 2011

Reacting to the latest Social Weather Station survey results that showed his satisfaction rating dipping 13 points, the biggest so far in his 10-month presidency, President Aquino blamed media for not reporting about the good things his administration has accomplished and that from now, his media office would be more aggressive in its propaganda blitz.

Aquino’s deputy spokesperson Abigail Valte said, “P-Noy said that sometimes we are too shy because baka sabihin nagbubuhat kami ng sariling bangko. So bear with us kung kakapal ang mukha namin.”

Malacanang’s misreading of the message of the survey results reminds me of the story of the “Moron and the Beetle”. The moron was conducting an experiment what would happen to the bettle if his legs were cut. With all the six legs of the beetle intact, he ordered “Move” while tapping the table. The beetle moved quickly.

Media’s skewed coverage of execution of Filipino drug mules

Published by Ellen on April 1, 2011

A relative of one of the executed drug mule in China, snapped at a journalist at the airport,”Are you happy with what you are doing?”

Noli de Castro and other broadcasters and journalists who feasted on this story of the drug mules should answer that.

In my prayers for the families of Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Credo and Elizabeth Batain for strength as they try to cope with the loss of their loved ones, I also ask that God touches the conscience of TV networks personalities who sensationalized the deaths of the three to boost their ratings.

The networks obviously wanted to replicate a Flor Contemplacion situation, a media event in 1995 that violated all rules of journalism, ignoring the facts of the case and reported based on emotions.

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