Thursday and Friday last week may have been the longest two days this year for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Despite her composed and firm image when she addressed the country on television last Friday, she showed signs of fatigue – and anger. It was quite obvious that she just had a sleepless night, maybe to figure out with her closest advisers how to deal with the crisis that never was.
As I listened to her, I wondered how the President reacted when she was told that Scout Ranger Gen. Danilo Lim had withdrawn his support from her. I wondered if at all she entertained the thought of losing her seat. Did she tremble? Did she panic that she immediately summoned her tactless chief of staff Mike Defensor to do thinking and talking for her? Did she yell “punyeta!” to anyone she saw in Malacanang?
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Posted on February 23rd, 2006 by The Radioman |
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Until now, the controversial photo showing Alaminos City Mayor Nani Braganza seated beside President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo during the opening of the Private Schools Athletic Association national games in Lingayen town is still the talk of the town, and lately, of the cyberspace.
This is because the photo, which was published in the sports page of the Philippine Star two weeks ago, was digitally tampered. Those who covered the PRISAA opening – and the photos taken by other photographers – attest that Nani was never seated beside the President. He was in fact in the upper tier of that grandstand and was seated beside Dagupan City Mayor Benjamin Lim at that time. The President then was sandwiched by Gov. Victor Agbayani (to her right) and PRISAA chair, Dr. Emmanuel Angeles.
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It’s been two weeks now since I had my last post here. I simply didn’t have the chance. Since Feb. 5, I was focused on the PRISAA, its coverage, specifically, and the press center that I had to help set up. The task was not as easy as we thought it was. In the accreditation of local media practitioners alone, there were some issues, such as: how many reporters will we accredit per outlet? This was crucial because the holding of the games simultaneously in different venues would need more than just one reporter per, say, radio station.
In the end, we decided to accredit everyone who has press credentials. We had feared for an overcrowded press center, with each media practitioner elbowing one another just to get a space. But in the end, there were only a few of them who came to actually cover. At any given time, there were only 10 to 12 people in the press center, including those who are from the Visayas and Mindanao.
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Next year, we should already be eating our Jollibee chicken joy not in the usual Styrofoam pack but in a cardboard box. And all our “take out” or “to go” orders will just have to be packed in a paper bag and not in plastic bags that are being used now.
This is because by then, all business establishments in the city shall have already shifted to biodegradable food packaging materials and eating utensils from the non-biodegradable Styrofoam and plastics that are in use now as mandated by City Ordinance No. 1858-2006.
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Konrad Adenauer Center for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila
University (CFJ) is accepting applications until February 13 for admission into the Diploma Program in Radio Journalism, Dr. Violet Valdez, CFJ Executive Director announced today.
The CFJ is offering this diploma program to working journalists from Southeast Asia and Mongolia. A modified distance-learning program, it consists of two online and one on-campus courses, as follows: Writing for Radio (February 27-April 8); Basic Radio Production (April 24-May 3); and Advanced Digital Audio Production (May 22-July 1).
“The program is intended for broadcast journalists who have not had formal training and wish to re-tool, as well as print journalists who plan to shift to radio or add broadcast journalism to their skills repertoire,” Dr. Valdez said.
The diploma program will accept 15 working journalists from the
Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Mongolia. Those seeking financial support may apply for a CFJ Fellowship grant which covers tuition fees and international travel.
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