Hanakat's Blog

     Anonymity as one of the basic principles of social media practice is accepted more readily online than in mainstream news media because on the online world, such as Facebook and other social media applications which features news articles, protecting one's right and identity is most common. Using of unknown names and pictures are mostly used online rather than in mainstream media portals such as newspapers and magazines.Print media do not practice this principle because factual news articles is the utmost concern of a responsible and ethical Journalist.      Online portals which features news articles may usually tend to be fantasized by "trolls" however, trolls are not considered as Journalists. Trolls make fake news via online streams to attract netizens and to let them believe and support what their aim is.      Codes of mainstream media ethics caution Journalists to use anonymous sources sparingly and only if certain rules are follow...

                     The first three months (February-April) of this year was a nightmare for me and my family. We've loss three loved ones for three consecutive months. For the month of February, my closest Uncle who happens to be our current Punong Barangay just left us in just a blink of an eye. On February 12, 2021; Chinese New Year, early in the morning, the two of us were walking back and forth at our garage and outside our driveway, he was even eager to pick the snail that crawls near my plants. He picked it up and threw it away along the road. I went with him outside the driveway and usually do our "tambay" routine early in the morning. On that moment, my Mom also went near us. With a couple of chit chats from the three of us, Tatay just slowly bend his knees as if picking something from the ground, at first I thought really he was going to pick something yet I was tensed when I saw he is getting pale and he is not respondin...