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Nation’s eyes on Congress: Media should help!
WITHOUT MUCH public attention, Congress railroaded a pork-laden budget, but media held back questions both on the speed of approval and dubious cuts and allocations. Voting 257-6 with no... Read more
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Aries Rufo Investigative and Explanatory Reporting Program launched
THE JOURNALISM for Nation Building Foundation (JNBF) launched last September 19 the Aries Rufo Investigative and Explanatory Reporting Fellowship Program for Filipino journalists. The fellowship is in honor of... Read more
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Martial Law Anniversary: Barely in the news, missing the obvious
SEPTEMBER 21 came and went this year without much press attention. The serious lack of interest stirs concern among those who lived through the period. More than four decades... Read more
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Media on the return of polio: Missing the “why” and “how” of it
AFTER NEARLY two decades, the dreaded disease, poliomyelitis or polio, is back in the Philippines. On September 19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported the re-emergence of polio with... Read more
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African swine fever coverage: Minimizing panic, identifying lapses
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) confirmed on September 9 that African swine fever (ASF) is in the country. Pigs had been reported dying of then unknown causes, some dumped... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (September 21 to 27)
Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 21, 2019 The Philippine Star, September 21, 2019 BusinessMirror, September 23, 2019 The Philippine Star, September 24, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, September 27, 2019 Read more
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Nelson Navarro, 71
COLUMNIST AND author Nelson Navarro passed away Sunday, September 22. He was 71. Navarro had written for The Philippine Star, Malaya and Manila Standard. He also wrote and edited... Read more
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The BuCor controversy: Media must broaden the discourse
HOW DO you solve a problem like the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor)? The BuCor and the jail system it manages have been in dire need of solutions to longstanding... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (September 14 to 20)
The Manila Times, September 14, 2019 The Manila Times, September 17, 2019 The Philippine Star, September 19, 2019 BusinessMirror, September 20, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, September 20, 2019 Read more
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Marginalizing the marginalized: Delayed aid for farmers
IN 2018, typhoons and rice hoarding by cartels led to a rice shortage and soaring rice prices. Government responded with Republic Act (RA) 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law... Read more