Carlos H. Conde
President Benigno S. Aquino III betrayed his apparent mindset about the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines – a thinking that, I’m afraid, doesn’t inspire confidence in his or his spokesman’s repeated avowal that his administration will do its best stop the killings and bring the perpetrators to justice.
I am directing the Armed Forces of the Philippines to stop its Oplan Bantay Laya campaign. This campaign has been proven to be a failure because it did not end the communist insurgency.
Perhaps it would help the new administration to differentiate communications from propaganda and build its communications structure around it.
I cannot presume to know the current inner workings of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) but I find it distressing that, except for releasing a statement on June 29, the union has apparently not done much to support and promote the welfare of the dozens of workers of television giant ABS-CBN.
By Carlos H. Conde
Here are some reasons why the new administration of Benigno S. Aquino III may find a “honeymoon period” with the press a welcome idea.
On the day Aquino took his oath of office as the 15th president of Philippines, his executive secretary, Paquito Ochoa, issued Memorandum Circular No. 1 declaring vacant all office headed by presidential appointees. …
By Carlos H. Conde
President Benigno S. Aquino III hit the right notes in his inaugural speech today, promising sweeping reforms, promising justice for all, and even promising not to use his convoy’s sirens when he ventures outside the presidential palace.
In his speech, which he delivered mostly in Tagalog, Aquino clearly wanted to connect with ordinary Filipinos, addressing gut issues such …
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Correct me if I’m wrong but most other rape victims who successfully sent their rapists to jail do not enter into a compromise with the convict to overturn the conviction. Because of Smith’s conviction, Nicole got her dignity back. And I’m still trying to understand why she had to lose it so quickly again.
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Reading and rereading Nicole’s it, I am convinced that, more than anything else, it was meant to depict Smith in a benign light, that he was not the monster that this case has made him out to be.
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Journalists who blog and who value their profession have no choice but to navigate the blogging terrain carefully. As I found out in my case, being also a blogger eventually clashed with my values and instincts as a journalist. Its tough to play by the rules in a game that practically has none.