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ANSWER: Deadlines! Calling Media Practitioners! Join us to teach at the U.P. College of Media and Communication Department of Journalism, University of the Philippines Diliman, Deadline June 5, 2026.

The University Quality Assessment administrator-rater in our interviews yesterday Apr. 21, 2026, called us the rock stars of the University. Well, it’s because we are with rock star-students, administrators,  and admin staff! Join the rock stars of U.P. Diliman and teach at the U.P. College of Media and Comm: Deadline to apply to teach June 5, 2026.

Copy-pasted from the FB site of the UPCMC Journ Dept: “Extended call for applications: Department of Journalism faculty member

“Deadline: June 5, 2026

“The UP Department of Journalism invites applications for a full-time faculty position to start in  A.Y. 2026-2027. (This is to fill an anticipated vacancy.)

“The successful candidate will be an integral member of the Department of Journalism. They will be teaching undergraduate and/or graduate journalism courses, in addition to mentoring students. The new faculty member will also be assigned to teach common courses offered by the College of Media and Communication. They are also expected to contribute to the research and extension agenda of the Department and participate in departmental, college, and university activities.

“Minimum qualifications:

” – At least five years experience in journalism

” – An MA degree in journalism or related discipline

“Note: College-level teaching and academic research experiences are strong advantages.

“Appointment terms:

“The appointment entails a teaching load of 12 units per semester, which constitutes the regular teaching load in UP. Compensation will be commensurate with qualifications and experience, in accordance with the government guidelines. Further details will be discussed in subsequent interviews.

“How to apply:

“Please fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/Jz4RM8kyScGi2J9CA

“This includes submitting a (1) cover letter or letter of application, (2) updated curriculum vitae, (3) sample published work or publications, and (4) references.

“Timeline:

“We aim to start the screening of applicants in June 2026 and begin the hiring process in July.

“For any question or clarification, please send an email to journdept.upd@up.edu.ph

“Maraming salamat.”

ANSWER: A World Without ABS-CBN:

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The Liquidation push by one board member: The November attempt to gut ABS-CBN and sell it for parts to corporate looters and corporate marauders thru a proposed liquidation: SUCCESSFULLY THWARTED by those who value service to the nation. It was not going to be a shutdown – liquidation is worse than a shutdown

On the November attempt to liquidate ABS-CBN as proposed by one board director of its holding company Lopez Inc. (L.I.) holding 29% shares and resisted by the board of directors holding 71% shares — some notes:

(instead of using nicknames and full names, we will just refer to the liquidation-proponent as “the 29% shareholder-director” to avoid engaging in personalities —

— unlike the series let loose in the past weeks which included character assassination and ad hominem attacks against the 71% L.I. board directors who have been involved in successfully stewarding ABS-CBN.) :

      Liquidation of a corporation is not a mere shutdown as being depicted in posts in social media – it is something worse than a shutdown.

     You might ask, what can be “something worse” than a shutdown?

   As a background: The ABS-CBN was shuttered in 2020 by Duterte supporters in the NTC and in Congress. This happened after Duterte publicly vowed he would stop at nothing to shut down ABS-CBN. This subsequently happened first, with the arbitrary and illegal May 5 shutdown by NTC

(see the Justice Marvic Leonen concurring and dissent in ABS-CBN vs. NTC where he elucidated on the illegality of the May 5 summary shutdown for being violative of the right to administrative due process and violative of the NTC Circular itself granting a grace period pending renewal deliberations in Congress);

and second, the subsequent non-renewal of the franchise in July where ABS-CBN was treated differently from all the dozens of breezy franchise renewals happening every year.

It left the field of free TV, in terms of number of free TV channels, dominated by religious sects network (majority of free TV channels in the Philippines are run by religious sects – only in the Philippines), and in terms of market share, a near-monopoly of the remaining media giants.

    But what can be worse than a shutdown?

    Liquidation.

   On liquidation of the corporation: The 29% shareholder-director of L.I.  is demanding for liquidation of ABS-CBN, or, more likely: Sell ABS-CBN for parts until nothing is left of it. Expose it to corporate looters and corporate marauders and sell it in pieces until nothing is left of it. Nothing.

      In the corporate world, if a corporation has obligations to pay, interested buyers, corporate looters and corporate marauders, will bid only for the valuable parts – its valuable assets – and not the entire corporation. Because if they buy the entire corporation, they inherit the obligations that have to be paid.

     Corporate looters will buy the most valuable assets of ABS-CBN: The Brand itself, the ABS-CBN Brand, a household name built upon service to the nation. Arguably, there is no more valuable brand in the media landscape even today than the ABS-CBN brand. (i said “arguably” kasi kaibigan din naman natin ang mga Kapuso at Kapatid 🙂 )

     Corporate looters are pacing and prowling in the background preparing to pounce to loot the ABS-CBN brand,

and other valuable parts like

the intellectual property (content) of its most popular shows and programs piece by piece,

the content-creators (producers),

the writers and creatives department,

and its most bankable stars and talents —

— leaving the entire remaining ABS-CBN workforce retrenched, without a job (zero) and the corporate shell still saddled with obligations,

leaving hanging in the balance, maybe, the news department,

leaving in uncertainty the identity of the hostile forces that would control the ABS-CBN brand and content for its own interests in the run-up to 2028.

     Selling ABS-CBN for parts is like, likening it to nothing more than, — for the 29% shareholder-director-proponent — a “liability”-like a dilapidated-used-useless old car to be sold for parts.

     Wait,  i’m better with how the street mechanic would put it: Para bang ang tingin sa ABS-CBN ng gustong mag-liquidate nito ay isa itong sirang-sirȃ kinakalawang kakarag-karag pumupugák-pugák na kotse na nalalaglag na mga gulong — at kakahuyin na lang.

   Yun po ang ibig sabihin ng liquidation: Kakahuyin. “Kakahuyin” is a Filipino idiomatic word, it means  to gut it into parts and sell it in pieces, until nothing is left of it.

Tatadtarin para ibenta ang mga piraso.

(to be continued)

WordPress Daily Prompt: What is your favorite restaurant?

Answer: Seafood Spanish Restaurant,

for Seafood 🦞 Paella 🥘 with lots of slices of fresh lemon 🍋 to garnish,

and where i can practise with the Spanish menu my monosyllabic… Spanish 💃

Original photo below from last week