“ June 20, news about the relocation of illegal settlers was aired in TV Patrol. During this rainy season, one of the reasons for the clogging of the drainage system is said to be the informal settlers near the waterways. Due to this, the government wants them relocated. Of course, it was expected for them to react negatively on the government’s demand saying they would agree on conditions that there will be work for them, the relocation site is ready and that there’s a school near the relocation site for their children. But the intriguing part is that even the barangay officials won’t agree to this, they won’t let the people go even they are aware of what their stay on the area is doing to the drainage system. One of the settlers commented when interviewed “Akala ko lilipat na kami pero hindi pumayag ‘yung barangay”.
“Now, the issue is the comments of the newscasters (Noli De Castro, Korina Sanchez and Ted Failon) on the news. Noli De Castro always comments and interprets the news on air, given the little time. And for tonight, he commented on the news saying that barangay officials won’t let them leave because they’d lose voters. He even said that “minsan nga pati mayors ginagawa ‘yan”. It has always been emphasized not to interpret the news, not to comment on it. Present the facts, just the facts. One must not side with any one nor interpret the news and making conclusions.
“This has not been the first time that Noli had commented on the news delivered in the program. He always does it. xxx”
“A recent article stated that 5 universities located in the Philippine ranked in Asia’s top 300 universities according to a study conducted by education network Quacquarelli Symmonds or QS. The University of the Philippines,Diliman ranked 67th, Ateneo De Manila University ranked 109th and the University of Santo Tomas ranked 150th. Meanwhile De La Salle University ranked 151st to 160th and University of Southeastern Philippines ranked 251st to 300th.
“Albeit it being seemingly good news as UP Diliman is the highest ranked among the local universities, the said survey seems to be questionable, since they also released a former study (Inquirer article linked above) regarding the rankings of institutions by subjects. Apparently the Asian Institute of Management topped the rankings amongst local higher institutions of learning in the field of Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing engineering, wherein in reality, the said institute does not offer such a course. The same can be said with University of Santo Tomas because they ranked among other institutions in the field of Agriculture and Forestry, a field in which they do not offer in their university. Sad to say, this particular article could be taken with a grain of salt, seeing as QS isn’t really that accurate regarding the fields offered in certain institutions. Although they did adhere to the code of professional and ethical conduct of the Philippine press institute, in which they presented the criteria for such rankings, the other details could really bring up questions regarding the credibility of the source they referred to.”
Written by Richard Juan: sports.inquirer.net/104791/philippines-files-racism-complaint-against-hk-football-fans
“Philippines played a friendly international football match against Hong Kong and have finally defeated Hong Kong for the first time in six tries. No doubt there were more Hong Kongers present at the football match as Hong Kong was the home team.
“As a journalist, you are supposed to write objectively without bias. It was shown in the early parts of the article, as it was stating what happened in the match, what the Hong Kong supports did, and what the Football Associations of both Hong Kong and Philippines intend to do. However, at the end of the article, there were some unnecessary comments about the tragic hostage-taking incident in 2010. “Some in the southern Chinese city still hold a grudge against the Philippines since a Manila hostage-taking incident in 2010, in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a bungled police rescue. The Hong Kong government has maintained a travel warning for the Philippines since the incident.”
“That paragraph is redundant and does not give more information about the racism in the football match. The writer of the article indirectly, or even directly led the readers to think that the racism in the football match was definitely caused by the hostage taking incident in 2010.
“What’s more is that it is obvious that the writer of this article is not very happy with Hong Kong as a whole. The last paragraph of the article shows the obvious lack of knowledge in the OFWs by exaggerating the working conditions of the OFWs in Hong Kong.
“The writer said the domestic helpers work ‘toiling long hours’ for ‘low pay’ to describe the working conditions of the domestic helpers in Hong Kong. That is a incorrect accusation in so many levels. First, the minimum wage for domestic helpers in Hong Kong is approximately HKD$3500 per month, which is equivalent to almost P20,000. Compare that to the minimum wage here of less than P450 per day x 26 working days, that’s equivalent to around P11,700 per month only. Not to mention food and transportation is NOT included while working in Hong Kong, food and transportation is already all included. Two, yes, some may have harder time than others, but the way the writer phrased it is as if ALL the domestic helpers work long hours – that statement is too harsh and too strong. Not to mention, domestic helpers here in the Philippines do the same thing and some may work even harder and yet they get less than a quarter of what helpers in Hong Kong make.
“Lastly, the writer said that “Filipinos are also looked down upon in Hong Kong because more than 100,000 of them work as domestic helpers” – the writer again is generalizing that ALL Filipinos get ‘looked down’ (which again is too harsh for a news article) by ALL Hong Kongers. That is showing the writer’s opinion by trying to link one ‘story’ to another and this should not happen in a news article.” Written by Richard Juan.
