Spiral of silence in media
By Malou Guanzon-ApalisokMedia workers from all five English and Cebuano dailies and the broadcast industry came out in force yesterday for the grand parade that ushered in the 18th Cebu’s Press Freedom Week celebration.
Media workers from all five English and Cebuano dailies and the broadcast industry came out in force yesterday for the grand parade that ushered in the 18th Cebu’s Press Freedom Week celebration.
The statue of former Manila Mayor Arsenio Lacson didn’t escape the wrath of typhoon “Pedring.”
MANILA, Philippines—The 13-year-old boy who attempted to commit suicide after shooting a friend inside SM Pampanga mall Tuesday is pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon, said a report by Jong Manlapaz of 990 AM Radyo Inquirer. Quoting Dr. Alfonso Danac, head of the emergency department of Jose B. Lingad Memorial Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga, the report [...]
One vocational course that Filipino students may be missing out and that pays a decent salary so that they do not have to go abroad is that of a machinist.
Authorities have arrested a suspect and his cohort allegedly behind a series of robbery-rape of women dentists in Metro Manila, Radyo Inquirer reported on Sunday.
MANILA, Philippines – Maguindanao Governor Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu said he was certain that he was the target of the attack in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat on Monday. “I don’t think there was any other target but me,” Mangundadatu said on 990AM Tuesday. Mangudadatu said that prior to the blast that killed two, including board [...]
Manila, Philippines—A close ally of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said it would be better if the Filipino people could just pray for her immediate recovery rather than spread rumors via text messages and social networking sites that she’s very ill and about to die anytime soon. “There’s no truth to the [...]
Two policemen were hurt in a shootout with suspected criminals in Batangas Tuesday morning, three of who had been arrested, an official said.
MANILA, Philippines—Though there is no storm signal alert, classes are suspended up to high school, both private and public, at the National Capital Region and some parts of Luzon, according to Department of Education. DepEd also suspended classes up to high school in Calamba City in Laguna, Rodriguez town in Rizal and Rosario in Cavite. [...]
Classes in all levels at the National Capital Region, both private and public, resume today (Thursday), Department of Education Asec. Tonisito Umali said in an interview on “In Desk Corner” 990 AM Radyo Inquirer at around 4:50 a.m. Thursday.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) are to conduct a joint inquiry into the purported electoral fraud and sabotage during the 2004 and 2007 elections, the poll body’s spokesperson said on Wednesday. Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. have agreed “in principle” to jointly conduct [...]
As Tropical Depression “Juaning” intensifies into a typhoon, the Department of Education announced early Tuesday morning the suspension of classes in public and private pre-school to high-school levels in Regions 1 (Ilocos), 3 (Central Luzon) and 5 (Bicol).
Tropical Depression “Juaning” intensifies into Tropical Storm Tuesday morning, Pagasa confirmed on 990AM Radyo Inquirer.