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Rappler wins award for drug war series

RAPPLER RECEIVED the 2019 Global Shining Light Award for its investigative series on President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war on September 28 at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Hamburg,... Read more

Playwright Bonifacio Ilagan to receive 2019 Gawad Plaridel

MULTI-AWARDED FILMMAKER and writer Bonifacio Ilagan is this year’s Gawad Plaridel recipient. The annual Gawad Plaridel, established by the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC), recognizes... Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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