khanterbury tales

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To my J102 and J110 classes,

You can view the breakdown of your grade from my Journ Class Wiki.

J102 Final Exam

NOTICE: This Blog will migrate on OCT. 30, 2012 to:

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To my J102 class,

1. You can download your final exam from my Journ Class Wiki.

2. Also, please check the grades I posted there and see if this matches the papers I returned to you.

J102 fieldtrip

Field Trip to the Supreme Court on Sept. 14. We will meet in the SC Lobby on Padre Faura at 1:55pm. Please come in proper attire (no slippers or shorts) and bring your UP I.D.

DEADLINE, a film about media killings

DEADLINE
A film on media killings and warlordism in the Philippines

directed by Joel C. Lamangan

written by Bonifacio P. Ilagan

Starring Tirso Cruz III, Allen Dizon, TJ Trinidad,Luis Alandy and Lovi Poe

with Jaime Pebanco,Toni Mabesa, John Apacible,Richard Quan, Benjie Felipe,Dessa Ilagan & Raquel Villavicencio.

SUMMARY
HENRY ROSALES, indefatigable reporter of the Philippine Sentinel and president of the crusading Philippine League of Journalists, is abducted and his corpse found along a provincial highway near Metro Manila. His death adds up to the series of media killings that would later earn for the Philippines the tag "most dangerous place in the world for journalists" – surpassing even war-torn Iraq.

It turns out that Gov. Muntazir Ghazi (fearfully called Gob) of the province of Abdul Rabb has masterminded his murder on account of his writeups about – what else, but media killings as they connect with warlordism in the country. What has completely incensed the Gob was Henry's attempt to zero in on him being the most powerful and scheming among the warlords -- which he is. A close ally of the Philippine president, he built his private army with the support of the national government

The Gob also learns that two journalists right in his regional turf have provided Henry with his nefarious record. He promptly orders the execution of Azad Sinan and Claire Pasilan, both of the Mindanao Weekly Herald. His men bungle the job and the two are able to grab another chance at life. He orders them hunted down. His minions do, crushing everyone who happens to be on their way. In the heat of the news, Henry's fiancée, the popular television journalist Greta Manarang, gets entangled with Metro Times Manila columnist Ross Rivera, an avowed defender of the establishment.

Henry's death causes an epiphany of sorts for Ross, leading him to gradually abandon his intransigence towards the progressives in the media. (He and Henry have become friends just before the latter's murder.) He finds himself doing a most unlikely job, that is, unmasking the murderers of Henry. Greta does not buy it.

Greta secures the assignment from her TV station to do an investigative report on the death of Henry. She goes to Abdul Rabb where she is upset to find Ross, also on a mission, though personal, to confirm the Gob's culpability in the death of Henry.

Meanwhile, Azad and Claire escape the wrath of the Gob one last time, but at the expense of the lives of their benefactors Wahid and James. They are also able to connect with Greta who brings them to safety – with a little help from Ross.

The Philippine League of Journalists presents Azad, Claire and Jehan (Azad's sister) in a press conference that gets bombed out by the Gob. Some fifty-one people, including Claire and thirty other journalists, are killed in the presscon bloodbath. Azad survives but loses an arm. Greta and Ross also survive. Evidence immediately surfaces assigning criminal responsibility to the Gob.

The president declares martial law in Abdul Rabb. The aim is to contain public outrage over the mass murders, and also to silence the Gob who could expose how the president and her party actually stole the election. In the ensuing police and military operation against the Abdul Rabb private army, the Gob and his henchmen are themselves massacred by state security forces to keep peace and order in the land. #

Labels: Deadline movie, film, journalists' killings

Chit's 40th day Commemoration, Interment

6:30am Run for Road Safety
11:00am Tree planting and raising of the Chit Estella Freedom of the Press marker
1:30pm Convoy to San Agustin Church, Manila
3:00pm Funeral Mass, followed by Interment

CWTS I-II

Culminating activity will push thru on Friday, May 20, at 2pm at the CMC auditorium. Please bring all your pending requirements with you.

beware of hoax phone calls

Last Wednesday, while I was at work someone called my house at around 2:30pm identifying himself as a policeman from Pasay City and told my housemate that I had an accident. Moreover, he told her that I had caused the accident and that she should not "call me on the cellphone" because this had been confiscated by the police. He scared her saying that I was wounded and could not talk and that she should meet him in PGH. Of course, my friend texted me and soon found out that I was safe. In fact, this happened at the close of our tribute to Chit Estella.

While, this is an old modus operandi..I thought that I would share this with all of you because of another phone call received in my house on the morning of the same day; this time answered by our apartment's receptionist. It was a call from a man claiming to be from Bayantel, asking if I was in and when told that I was out, inquired where I was and what time I would return. Of course, the only reply he received from the receptionist was "I don't know." I think this is significantly linked to the hoax call because the only document that links me to my present address and telephone number is my Globelines phonebill. All other bills and documents still contain my old address. So could this be an inside job...could an employee from Globelines be an informer for the dugo-dugo gang or the like?

Culminating Acty for CWTS

Dear students,
In case you had not heard, Journalism Prof. Chit Simbulan died in a car accident last Friday night. We will be hosting a tribute for her on Monday at 6pm at Arlington Memorial and on Wednesday at the College. Hence, we will postpone the culminating activity for CWTS and move it to Friday, May 20 at 2pm...tentative venue is the CMC auditorium.

CWTS II requirements

Hi students,
Make sure you have these requirements by May 18:
1. DTR with the 50 hours duly recorded
2. Evaluation form c/o ate Mila
3. Essay/reflection on experience

Am NOT requiring book review on the 7 Habits. Optional (but highly recommended) reading ito. See you May 18...please stay tuned for final arrangments for culminating acty.