by mediatimes | Feb 12, 2019 | Media Times 2018
COVER STORY Democracy Under Attack IT WAS a tumultuous year for Philippine democracy as the Duterte administration pushed its own brand of social order by undermining the democratic principles that the country has upheld over the years. Barefaced attacks rained on...
by mediatimes | Feb 7, 2019 | Media Times 2018
PUBLISHER’S NOTE Melinda Quintos De Jesus THE CRISIS OF PHILIPPINE DEMOCRACY IN 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte stopped the rant and chant about the drug problem in the country and how police should kill, kill, kill to rid us of the plague. It was all he managed...
by mediatimes | Jan 18, 2019 | Media Times 2018
Defining “Objectivity by Prof. Luis V. Teodoro EVERY STUDENT of journalism in the dozens of schools all over the country that offer courses on the subject has heard it before: “Objectivity” is the primary responsibility of the journalist. The...
by mediatimes | Jan 17, 2019 | Media Times 2018
Attacks and Threats 2018: More of the Same EARLY IN his presidency, through his words and actions, Rodrigo Duterte revealed that his would be the iron hand that would hold his critics in line. One of his most consistent critics, particularly of his human...
by mediatimes | Jan 17, 2019 | Media Times 2018
The Dengvaxia Scare: Politics Overtakes Public Health Policy by Luis Adrian Hidalgo THE DENGVAXIA issue generated more political heat than information about the vaccine and its effect on the disease it was designed to counter. Lawmakers jumped into the fray,...
