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Tooting the Palace Horn: Malacañang PR for Banner

THE DUTERTE Administration has been most adept in the use of propaganda for everything it does; social media influencers supplement the messages that run freely through government media. It... Read more

PPI Elects New Officers

THE PHILIPPINE Press Institute (PPI) has elected its new officers. Manila Standard publisher Rolando Estabillo is the PPI’s new chairman and president. He will replace outgoing chairperson Alfonso Pedroche,... Read more

The Recto Bank “Incident”: Government Narrative Trumps Survivors’ Accounts

ALMOST A month after the incident, public interest has remained fixed on the issues raised by the ramming and sinking of the Filipino fishing vessel in the West Philippine... Read more

Bomb Attack Underscores the Failure of Martial Law in Mindanao

MARTIAL LAW has been in effect in Mindanao since May 2017. And yet the region has continued to suffer from bomb attacks. So far, there have been at least... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (June 29 to July 5)

The Manila Times, June 29, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, July 3, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, July 4, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 4, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, July 5,... Read more

Unidentified Man Fires Shots at Bombo Radyo Station

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An unidentified man aboard a red pick-up truck fired shots at the Bombo Radyo station in General Santos City on 3 July 2019. General Santos City in... Read more

Former Government TV Cameraman Gunned Down

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified man riding a motorcycle shot and killed a former cameraman of the government television network in Tagum City on 1 July 2019. Tagum City in Davao... Read more

Armed Man Threatens Journalists in Bulacan

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A group of journalists was reportedly threatened by a lone gunman in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan on 21 June 2019. Bulacan is 42 km north of... Read more

Ampatuan Massacre Suspect Transferred to Heart Center

A Quezon City court granted the request of Zaldy Ampatuan, one of the primary accused in the killing of 58 people including 32 media workers in Maguindanao in 2009,... Read more

Come Hell or No Water: The Continuing Crisis

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for pointing out that the water shortage has been a continuing crisis in Metro Manila since March and that some areas have been... Read more