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Tagum-based radio station’s transmitting equipment torched

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified assailants set on fire equipment in the transmitter house of a radio station in Mindanao on 11 December 2019. The transmitter of 99.9 RPFM is located... Read more

The sacking of Leni: Not really telling it like it is

CMFR HAD cautioned the media against focusing on talking heads in covering Vice President Leni Robredo’s stint as the drug czar, as this would reduce a potential game-changer to... Read more

Quoting Quiboloy: What’s the point?

WHY WASTE the news? Jeers to several media organizations for paying attention to an absurd claim of a founder and leader of a religious group who said that he... Read more

Was Media to Blame for the “Muddle in Manila”?

THE OPENING of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games followed days of embarrassment for its organizers as headlines around the world highlighted the lack of planning and plain incompetence... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (November 30 to December 6)

The Manila Times, December 1, 2019 BusinessMirror, December 4, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, December 4, 2019, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, December 4, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, December 6, 2019 Read more

Feliciano Maragay, 68

VETERAN REPORTER and columnist Feliciano “Fel” Maragay died on November 28, 2019. He was 68. A longtime political reporter, he covered the presidencies of Corazon Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph... Read more

Radyo ni Juan station manager dies

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio station manager in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat who was critically wounded by unidentified assailants late October has died in a hospital in Davao City where... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (November 25 to 29)

Malaya, November 26, 2019 Malaya, November 29, 2019′ Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 27, 2019 The Philippine Star, November 26, 2019 The Philippine Star, November 26, 2019 Read more

As PH becomes world’s biggest rice importer: Inquirer spotlights drop in agri employment

THIS YEAR, the Philippines overtook China, the world’s most populous country with a population of 1.4 billion, as the world’s top importer of rice. The media duly reported this,... Read more

Rush to Approve: National Budget for 2020

PASSED IN a rush by the House, Senate rushes to approve. THE PHP4.1 trillion 2020 General Appropriations Act has been flagged by several lawmakers for its questionable insertions as... Read more