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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (September 28 to October 4)

Manila Bulletin, September 28, 2019 Manila Standard, September 29, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, October 1, 2019 The Philippine Star, October 2, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, October 3, 2019 Read more

Expanded Sotto Law: Limited protection nonetheless

IN 1946, lawmakers passed the Sotto Law or Republic Act (RA) 53 to protect journalists from being forced to reveal their sources. This was the Philippines’ Shield Law, a... Read more

UP College of Mass Communication Alumni Association names 2019 Glory Awardees

THE UNIVERSITY of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC) Alumni Association will honor five accomplished alumni with the 2019 Glory Award. The “Glory Award” is named after Gloria... Read more

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