Malaya News


28
Oct 09

The day after: Newly-weds Mar, Korina grab newspaper frontpage

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Today’s newspapers appear to have one thing on common: They are all happy for newly-wed couple Liberal Party vice presidential candidate Sen. Mar Roxas II and ABS-CBN chief correspondent Korina Sanchez.

Photos from yesterday’s wedding rites dominate most today’s frontpages: Continue reading →


19
Jan 09

MALAYA: Respect bloggers’ rights, QC school officials told

By ASHZEL HACHERO and
ANTHONY IAN CRUZ
Malaya
January 19, 2009

SCHOOL officials, including the principal of the Quezon City Science High School, who imposed a 10-day suspension on four students for posting criticisms in a blog could face charges of violating the anti-child abuse law and the freedom of expression, according to the Commission on Human Rights.

The education department’s National Capital Region office on Friday stopped the suspension ordered by the principal, Zenaida Sadsad, which was supposed to take effect today. Continue reading →


18
Jan 09

PinoyWeekly: Tagumpay ng student-bloggers at malayang pamamahayag

Ni ANTHONY IAN CRUZ
Pinoy Weekly
Enero 18, 2009

MATAPOS magreklamo ang ilang magulang, pinigilan na ng panrehiyong tanggapan ng Department of Education-National Capital Region ang parusang sampung araw na suspensyon na ipinataw kamakailan sa apat na estudyante ng Quezon City Science High School (QCSHS).

Nakatakda sanang ipatupad ang suspensyon sa mga estudyante simula ngayong Lunes, Enero 19, bilang parusa sa mga sinulat na artikulo sa kanilang mga blog na tumutuligsa kay Dr. Zenaida Panti Sadsad, punong-guro ng paaralan. Continue reading →


6
Nov 08

Obama won’t meet GMA

US President Barack Obama won’t be meeting with Gloria Macapagal Arroyo when she visits the US yet again this month.

Obama is apparently treated Arroyo like a plague, starting with her most recent US visit, when Arroyo tried her best to score a PR coup through an audience with the highly popular Obama. Continue reading →


15
Aug 08

Plagiarism in focus

Last week, I was invited to guest in ANC’s Media in Focus as a resource person on the topic “plagiarism”. The program took off from the CMFR report penned by Hector Bryant Macale.

For those who missed it, ABS-CBNNews.com has come out with the story below:

Plagiarism and the ‘ponente’ system

When former broadsheet reporter Anthony Ian Cruz wrote an exclusive on a US journal’s assessment of the Arroyo administration, he had no idea that his story would be copied by a rival publication a day later.

Cruz, a former Malaya reporter who now writes for the Asahi Shimbun, said he published his story “Influential US journal says GMA sank RP into morass of corruption” on the January 28 issue of Malaya. That evening, he said he was surprised to see an article on the same topic appear on the Web site of The Daily Tribune. Continue reading →