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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

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

CLTV president “red-tagged” in school forum

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The president and general manager of a regional TV station was accused of being a communist in a school forum in Bacolor, Pampanga on 17 September 2019.... Read more

Adding red-baiting to the perils of truth-telling

CMFR / PHILIPPINES – To the many perils of truth-telling in the Philippines, where 165 journalists have been killed for their work since 1986, and hundreds more threatened, physically... Read more

Flagging security concerns about Dito-AFP deal

DITO TELECOMMUNITY Corporation, formerly known as Mislatel, signed on September 11 a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) which allows the company to... Read more

Not newsworthy: Duterte’s slur against Rappler journalists

THREE YEARS into his term, President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against his critics and the independent press have become predictable and pointless. They don’t contribute to public understanding of the... Read more

Copies of alternative magazine burned

CMFR PHILIPPINES – Copies of alternative news magazine Pinoy Weekly were burned in Pandi, Bulacan, on Thursday, 5 September 2019, when a pro-government group reportedly ransacked the office of... Read more

Editorial Cartoons for the Week (September 7 to 13)

Manila Standard, September 7, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 7, 2019 The Philippine Star, September 8, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, September 9, 2019 Manila Bulletin, September 13, 2019 Read more

Alternative media groups submit evidence of cyber-attacks

CMFR PHILIPPINES – Several alternative media organizations submitted before a Quezon City court on Monday, 9 September 2019 evidence against two IT firms allegedly responsible for a series of... Read more

Reporting the missing link: BuCor official’s death and the GCTA racket

CHEERS TO Interaksyon for a quick follow-up, immediately reporting on the possible link between the death of Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official Ruperto Traya Jr. and the “aborted release”... Read more