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Considered as one of the pillars of Philippine journalism, Doro has also covered some of the pivotal moments in contemporary history, like the overthrow of Sukarno in Indonesia and the Vietnam War. —PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIA LOURDES DORONILA
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July 9, 2023September 4, 2023In Memoriam

The esteemed ‘Sir Doro’ made me laugh and kept me on my toes

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I joined the Philippine Daily Inquirer in 1995, as a proofreader, a year after Amando Doronila—“Doro,” accent on the second syllable, to his colleagues and friends—became the paper’s editorial consultant and Opinion columnist. I had always admired journalists like Sir Doro, but when I needed to talk to him for the first time to clarify...

Why agree to compromise on award-winning pork barrel series?
Editorial cartoon on pork barrel scam in OpinYon (http://opinyon.net)
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September 7, 2022September 19, 2023Media, Opinion

Why agree to compromise on award-winning pork barrel series?

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Late in 2014, GMA/dzBB broadcaster Melo del Prado filed a libel case against five Philippine Daily Inquirer journalists—myself as then managing editor, then news editor Artemio T. Engracia Jr., then associate editor Abel S. Ulanday, and then reporters Nancy C. Carvajal and Christine O. Avendaño. In his lawsuit, Del Prado tagged three “libelous” Inquirer stories...