It was a cold but sunny day of October back in 1998 when I first landed in Sydney. At that time, I wasn’t ready to come here as I was enjoying my life back in the Philippines. …
It’s more fun with ‘Coronavela’
January 23, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Impeaching the Chief Justice Renato Corona for graft and corruption, culpable violation of the constitution and betrayal of public trust which now is dubbed as ‘coronavela’ is more fun as it has the trappings of a blockbuster series.…
Provocative: Why Rizal Today?
December 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
How do I relate to Rizal? Dr. Jose P. Rizal, of the “Noli” and “Fili”, the Universal Genius and Philippines National Patriot. Filipinos continue to invoke Rizal because his dream of what the Philippines should be remains elusive. One hundred and fifteen years after his martyrdom [...]
Frustrations on Pnoy’s lifting of log ban
November 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
While environmental sustainability is an issue being seriously taken globally, it seems that the Philippines has a different idea and prefers to follow a different route.
Only nine months after signing Executive Order 23 implementing an indefinite…
A Question of Ethics in Journalism (Part II – Conclusion)
November 2, 2011 By 2 Comments
Before tackling any story, it is incumbent upon a journalist to ask the basic questions to ensure that the consequent reporting passes through “the lens of ethics” as Dr. Kidder puts it. Is it expedient? Meaning to say, is the alarm-setting story tending to promote some proposed or desired object, fit or suitable for the intended target purposes, and primed enthusiastically and properly contextualised under the given circumstances [...]
A Question of Ethics in Journalism
October 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
Nagsipagsulputang parang mga kabute. (All too suddenly, proliferating like mushrooms) – there are now 7 essentially news and other features-orientated publications circulating within the Filipino target community in NSW: either singly as a hard copy with no corresponding online version or, or purely an online venture such as what you are reading now. The four others come in two-folds i.e. hard copy and accessible also in the internet [...]
Liarsville, older than Murdoch’s World News
September 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
We have recently seen how unethical and illegal practices by journalists led to the demise of a part of the media empire owned and operated by Rupert Murdoch. The scandalous practices included phone tapping, ‘doctored’ footages [...]
Isang Hibla
July 25, 2011 By 5 Comments
Ang watawat ay isang sagisag na ang taglay ay ang kaluluwa ng isang bansa, ng kaniyang kasaysayan ng Pilipinas, at ng paninindigan ng mga nagsakit alang-alang sa kapakanan ng bansa [...]
Reflections and Intimations after the APCO Freedom Ball (Part 2)
July 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Like the last ten years or so of the PCC Independence Ball, this is what this whole APCO affair is sorely and obviously lacking in– substance woven into an entertaining and delightful evening. In this regard, I’m afraid APCO will fall into the same imburnal [...]
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