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Quarantine Chronicles: ‘A Stranger’s Love’

Carla Villanueva Manas was no stranger to a stressful but well-managed life.  As former general manager of media outfit CNN Philippines, she’d had a taste of the daily grind. Each day, she slogged it out in a 21st-century newsroom with more than the average...

The plight of ABS-CBN: Of dual citizenship and foreign ownership of mass media

By Justice Noel Gimenez Tijam (Ret.) Robust debates recently sparked following the renewal initiatives of the congressional franchise of a mass media giant that is ABS-CBN. Some propose a rather simplified solution to the controversy by invoking past legislative acts where the lower House...

We will survive

The Philippines Graphic is once again at a critical juncture. Thirty years ago, my father, the late ambassador and business mogul-philanthropist Antonio L. Cabangon Chua, helped resurrect a magazine that had lived through various owners since 1927. It was a time of great hopes and...

The colors of hope

On the morning of Apr. 19, on that cramped space by the porch where I comb the internet daily for news on the COVID-19 pandemic, a document came to my attention. From the looks of it, the paper was released on Apr. 17 by...

Serious leaks: When getting and sharing pornos is criminal

The right to privacy is considered sacred. It is what allows people to sleep at night and feel secure in their communities, in their own homes, in their own skins. Here is what the 1987 Constitution has to say about that under Article III,...

The Prez & the press: What in blazes happened?

It’s inevitable: Rodrigo Duterte and the press will never see eye to eye. There’s simply no way around it. Not now, and perhaps, not ever. No reconciling the hunger for truth with the capriciousness of government power. No union between the facts and the...

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SM’s HAPPY CHRISTMAS: Bridging the physical and digital world

Some call it “God’s very own light show.” Others regard it as the “holy grail of sky watching.” Only about 2% of the earth’s...

Cease fire ensues after Hamas rocket barrage against Israel

  Israel has the right to defend itself. Israeli Ambassador to the Philippines Rafael Harpaz said Israelis will defend themselves from rocket attacks coming from Gaza. “We...

Beijing ups ante, puts Chinese civilian coast guard under military command

Starting July 1, the Chinese coast guard will be under the command of the Armed Police Force (APF), according to a report released by...

Bringing home the world

The Philippines has consistently been called one of the most beautiful places in the world. It has everything from world-class beaches good for swimming,...