Aquino wants fair, balanced reporting, not mad at media
By Leila B. Salaverria
President Benigno Aquino is not mad at bad news, he just wants truthful, balanced reporting, according to his communications secretary.
President Benigno Aquino is not mad at bad news, he just wants truthful, balanced reporting, according to his communications secretary.
The Department of Health-National Capital Region on Thursday said it would train healthcare providers on basic sign language to help them deal with and care for persons with disabilities (PWD), particularly those with speaking and hearing impediments.
It is no coincidence that the English terms “communication” and “communion” trace their roots to the Latin words “com” and “unus,” that call to mind the concept of unity.
Cebu City officials need to communicate quickly with the public to avoid a repeat of the hysteria that followed Monday’s 6.9-magnitude earthquake where fears of a tsunami sent people running out to the streets and suspended work in many stores, offices and schools.
Why is the government dignifying WikiLeaks, an antisecrecy website, which exposed privileged communications between the US Embassy in Manila and the State Department in Washington, DC? A privileged communication is supposed to be between the sender and the receiver and away from the prying eyes of the public. It’s just like reading love letters that [...]
Cops eye job angle in bank exec’s slay Police are looking into the possibility that the death of a high-ranking bank official in Valenzuela City Friday could have been work-related. Senior Police Officer 3 Jess Sagisi told the Inquirer that Pablo “Bong” Francisco Jr., 39, could have stepped on someone else’s toes when he assumed [...]
Mr President, do you know where you’re going to?
DO Listen to the person Show respect Recognize his/her point of view Be flexible Clearly state what you want DON’T Get angry Be rude or insulting Reject the other person’s ideas immediately Lock yourself into one position
TACLOBAN CITY—Tension ran high yesterday morning when the grand parade of the Pintados-Kasadyaan Festival of Festivals, one of the best festivals in the country, was not allowed to pass some of the city’s main streets. The city government blocked the parade route with four dump trucks and policemen along Real Street, which connects to the [...]
READING HIS letters and diaries, one can easily get the impression that Jose Rizal would have welcomed blogging. At least I did. I am not too certain, however, whether he would have taken to Twitter. “Excuse the paper and the pencil,” he writes his good friend Fernando Canon, a classmate at the Ateneo and eventually [...]
IMAGINE high school students discussing Buddhism, Christianity or Islam. It is not a typical religion class where they are just taking notes while a religion teacher lectures. Thanks to videoconferencing, they are chatting not just with their classmates, but with students in countries as far away as the United Kingdom, Egypt and India.
Transportation Secretary Jesus “Ping” de Jesus had no intention of serving out his full six-year term in the administration of President Benigno Aquino III, a senator disclosed on Wednesday.
