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Seares: ABS-CBN shutdown linked to freedom of the press? Depends on how it’s done.

Pachico A. Seares / from January 06, 2020

“Any inordinate delay or arbitrary denial of a franchise renewal emasculates freedom of the press.”--Opposition Rep. Edcel Lagman, Jan. 6, 2020THE House committee on legislative franchises has been sitting on eight bills that propose to extend the franchise of the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN.They must be brought to the House ...

Seares: Maguindanao massacre: Ruling strikes some blow against culture of impunity

Pachico A. Seares / from December 19, 2019

ATTY. Nena Santos, private prosecutor for 38 of 57 people who were killed in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre, said last Nov. 5 that if there would be no conviction, “I am sorry to say press freedom is dead and there is no democracy.” Thirty-two of the casualties were media workers ...

Seares: 2 libel charges vs. Nalzaro dumped. Judge sees double jeopardy before trial

Pachico A. Seares / from December 13, 2019

AS EARLY as last Feb. 11, 2014, the Supreme Court (SC) made it clear in Jose Jesus M. Disini Jr., et al, vs. Secretary of Justice, et al (GR#203335) that a person cannot be charged with libel under both the Revised Penal Code (RPC) and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of ...

Seares: Mejorada jail term for libel instructs on what to shun in smearing public officials

Pachico A. Seares / from December 08, 2019

GENERALLY courts take the side of the press in its right to report and comment on the news about public officials on matters of public interest. Courts give wide latitude for mistakes of the reporter or opinion maker, ascribing lapses to the heat of deadline and placing high premium on ...

Seares: Row on SEA Games coverage recalls Cebu media dilemma in 2007 summit

Pachico A. Seares / from November 29, 2019

FOCAP, the foreign correspondents association in the Philippines, and NUJP, a “national union” of journalists in the country, in separate statements angrily reacted last week after media was blamed for the early “negative reports” about the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.Phisgoc, or Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee, led by ...

Seares: Banning photo-taking at press-con; farting during a live TV interview

Pachico A. Seares / from November 22, 2019

LAST Nov. 15 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, 17 former rebels received cash aid for a livelihood program in the presence of three governors and top military and police officials in the region. News reporters who were taking photos were “suddenly reprimanded” by a DILG official who said photographing ...

Seares: Sinas-media dispute: police not legally bound to provide work space for reporters

Pachico A. Seares / from November 01, 2019

BEFORE he took over last Oct. 16 as police chief of the National Capital Region, Brig. Gen. Debold Sinas was Central Visayas regional police director.And his first major controversy in Metro Manila involves not drug traffickers, against whom he waged a massive and relentless campaign during his 16-month stint in ...

Seares: Cancelling subscriptions: spiteful, petty way for politicos to hit back

Pachico A. Seares / from October 25, 2019

IF US President Trump’s administration will push through his threat to end subscriptions to The Washington Post and the New York Times held by federal agencies, most likely no one will go to court to stop it.Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham announced Tuesday (Oct. 22) the White House would order the ...

Seares: Duterte motorcycle accident: When 2 spokesmen didn’t get the story right

Pachico A. Seares / from October 18, 2019

NOT everyone can speak for President Duterte. That’s why there is a presidential spokesman, in addition to a communication office. A single specific person needs to convey the President’s message or reflect his view on an event or issue. The President cannot meet the press all the time. On certain ...

Seares: Trump rhetoric against media seeps into violent propaganda: a ‘macabre’ video

Pachico A. Seares / from October 14, 2019

US President Trump was being asked Monday (Oct. 14) to condemn a mashup video in which the most violent clip shows a fake Trump mass-murdering media personalities and political figures in a “church of fake news.” Concerned individuals and groups in the U.S. say the video must be denounced since ...

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