PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House While sailing the waters of the South of France with wife Gina on board the private yacht of our good friends, Frenchman Christian Baverey and his Filipino wife Tetta Agustin, we reminisced our years as a young journalist in the late 1950s...
JERUSALEM, Undefined -- The US and EU led an international outcry Saturday after Israeli police charged the funeral procession of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and beat pallbearers who almost dropped her coffin. Thousands of mourners packed Jerusalem's Old City on Friday for the burial...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories -- Thousands of Palestinians on Thursday honoured Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh across the occupied West Bank and annexed east Jerusalem, a day after she was shot dead during an Israeli army raid. Israel and the Palestinians have traded blame over the...
Palestinians hold posters displaying veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, who was shot dead as she covered a raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp on May 11, 2022, in the West Bank city of Hebron. The poster reads in Arabic, "the Martyrdom of Journalists Shireen Abu Aqleh". HAZEM...
It can be recalled that in 2020, Horacio “Howie” Severino shared his experience as Covid-19 patient 2828. In his recovery, the journalist and Covid-19 survivor has found company and respite in plants. Since he was discharged from the hospital, Severino has been spending most of his days...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Veteran entertainment journalist Lolit Solis has revealed that she fell head over heels in love with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for being so brave and patriotic. "In love na ako kay Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Salve. Sa...
Malacañang sent sympathies to the family, friends, and colleagues of veteran broadcaster and former Press Secretary Ricardo "Dong" Puno Jr. whose death was confirmed by his family on Tuesday, Feb. 15. (Dong Puno Official Fanpage/Facebook) His family said he succumbed to a lingering illness at...
Human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno has reiterated his position that those behind the thousands of extrajudicial killings (EJKs) must be held accountable as he condemned the killing of Pampanga-based journalist Jesus Malabanan. Human rights lawyer Chel Diokno (Photo from Chel Diokno...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has called on Senate to expedite the passage of the proposed bill that seeks to protect journalists as she condemned the recent kiling in Davao del Sur of another journalist. De Lima said she hopes that the killing of Orlando “Dondon” Dinoy should prompt her...
The Office of the Public and Cultural Diplomacy (OPCD) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has conveyed its “deepest sympathy” to the friends and family of seasoned broadcast journalist Carmelo "Melo" Acuña who succumbed to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) Friday morning. Carmelo...
The Philippine government may import more fish than the average amount in anticipation of this year’s closed fishing season, which could push food prices higher in the coming months. During the Food and Sustainability Forum organized by the Economic Journalist Association of the Philippines...
•The author covered the Aquino presidency for six years • Former President Aquino made himself broadly accessible to the media, giving frank and lengthy answers in interviews • With a copy of the Constitution on standby, PNoy rattled off facts and figures to back up pronouncements • He did...
