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CMFR cheers TV 5 Explainer, the exception to passive coverage of yet another OFW death in in Kuwait
THE DEATH of Jeanalyn Villavende in Kuwait in December 2019 prompted the media to recall previous cases of abuse and deaths of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in that country.... Read more
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Metro Manila Police district chief takes reporter’s phone, deletes video
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Metro Manila’s Southern Police District (SPD) Chief took the cellphone of GMA 7 TV reporter Jun Veneracion he was using to video  an altercation between police officers... Read more
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Sticking to Duterte’s script, media misses the real failure in the water problem
PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has been relentless in attacking Manila Water and Maynilad, the two concessionaire companies for water service in the metropolitan area since the 1990s. In December 2019,... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 4 to 10)
The Philippine Star, January 4, 2020 The Philippine Star, January 5, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, January 7, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, January 8, 2020 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 8,... Read more
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Ninez Cacho-Olivares, 78
JOURNALIST AND Daily Tribune founder Ninez Cacho-Olivares passed away Friday, January 3. She was 78 years old. In a Facebook post, the Tribune said Olivares died after a “lingering... Read more
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Sylvia Mayuga, 77
AWARD-WINNING writer Sylvia Mayuga passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2019. She was 77. Mayuga was one of the columnists of Bulletin Today who wrote critically of the Marcos... Read more
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Tracking the budget: Media should provide a more comprehensive view
THE 2020 BUDGET has been passed. Alleged last-minute pork insertions amounting to at least PHP 83-billion did not stop the two houses of Congress from ratifying the budget bill... Read more
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A closer look: Cases on the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth
LAST OCTOBER 31, the Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial discussed the “prosecutorial bungling” that led to the Sandiganbayan’s dismissal of three ill-gotten wealth cases filed against the Marcoses and their... Read more
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Reporting the latest Cha-Cha try: More of the usual
CHARTER CHANGE, it seems, is not quite dead yet. Behind closed doors, the House of Representatives committee on constitutional amendments passed a resolution on Wednesday, December 11, arguing for... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (December 14 to 20)
Malaya Business Insight, December 17, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 17, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 18, 2019 The Philippine Star, December 19, 2019 The Philippine Star, December 20,... Read more