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Journalists, Activists Slam Restrictions on Media in Ampatuan Trial

Journalists, Activists Slam Restrictions on Media in Ampatuan Trial

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“While we respect the view that a trial by publicity can be detrimental to the accused, we fail to see how that can happen in this case. The Ampatuan case is extremely important for the public, the media and the relatives of the victims. The media and the public -- particularly those who live outside Metro Manila and who can only follow the proceedings through the media -- need to know exactly what is going on inside the courtroom."

| Jan 15, 2010

Mangudadatu: ‘Ampatuans Made Business Out of Elections’

Mangudadatu: ‘Ampatuans Made Business Out of Elections’

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
In this Q&A, Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan town, Maguindanao, talks about the Ampatuan massacre and how the Ampatuans ruled the province. "They made business out of the votes. They extorted money out of the senatorial candidates who were campaigning in Maguindanao by selling votes to them," he said. He also wished that there would be no whitewash in the case against them.

| Dec 20, 2009

In Mendiola, Journalists, Activists Demand End to Impunity, Blame Arroyo for Killings

In Mendiola, Journalists, Activists Demand End to Impunity, Blame Arroyo for Killings

By AYI MUALLAM
On Wednesday, hundreds of Filipino journalists and activists, along with several of their colleagues from other countries, marched to Mendiola to mark the "Global Day of Action Against Impunity." The journalists and activists demanded an end to impunity and blamed the Arroyo regime for the rash of killings of activists and journalists nationwide. Listen now

| Dec 9, 2009

Class and Ondoy: The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Ideological Distortions

Class and Ondoy: The Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Ideological Distortions

By GILL H. BOEHRINGER
By seeking to convince its readers that the effects of Ondoy were “felt equally by rich and poor” and that it was a “great equalizer,” the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the most influential newspaper in the Philippines, was attempting to bolster the view that the Filipino class system had nothing to do with the disaster, and that the lives of all Filipinos are shaped by the same forces of nature, even by fate or by God.

| Oct 23, 2009

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