THE PLAN to accredit vloggers (video-bloggers) has doubled concerns over the incoming administration’s regard for press freedom. On June 1, in
Retired Comelec commissioner Rowena Guanzon (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday has approved the nomination of former commissioner Rowena Guanzon to represent Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD) party-list. "Upon majority vote, the Commission on Elections in its regular en banc meeting today, June 15, 2022, approved the recommendation of the Law Department on the June 14, 2022 submission of Komunidad ng Pamilya, Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD) Party List," poll body acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said in a statement. He said the decision granted the respective withdrawal of nomination of the group's original set of nominees Grace S. Yeneza, Ira Paulo A. Pozon, Marianne Heidi Cruz Fullon, Peter Jonas R. David, and Lily Grace A. Tiangco. It also gave due course to the new list of nominees which include Guanzon, Rosalie J. Garcia, Cherrie B. Belmonte-Lim, Donnabel C. Tenorio and Rod
Kontra Daya has expressed hope that retired Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Rowena Guanzon will reconsider her decision to be the first nominee of the party-list group Komunidad ng Pamilya Pasyente at Persons with Disabilities (P3PWD) as this might be perceived as improper.
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A University of the Philippines (UP) journalism professor and veteran newsman okayed the use of vloggers in the press room but pushed for higher qualifications than the ones previously released by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO).
Kontra Daya convenor and UP professor Dani
MANILA: Philippines President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has said he will continue vlogging when he takes office later this month, giving a glimpse into the incoming leader’s public communications strategy after being “inaccessible” to the media during his campaign. Marcos, the son and namesake of the late dictator, will take over from President Rodrigo Duterte as the