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Head Start Advantage: PCIJ Report Bares Pre-campaign Spending
THE RACE officially started on February 12, but the contenders have been burning money on advertisements way earlier. After examining the pre-campaign ad spending of senatorial candidates for the... Read more
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Media Clueless about “Pork” in the 2019 National Budget
IN 2013, the Supreme Court declared “pork barrel” as unconstitutional, the name given to the practice inserted allocations, also known as Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), in the national... Read more
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Measles Outbreak: Countermeasures Highlighted, Vaccination Woes Revealed
LAST YEAR, a news brief in the Philippine Daily Inquirer published on October 25 reported a 926% increase in confirmed measles cases since January 2018, as recorded by the... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (February 9 to 15)
Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 9, 2019 Manila Bulletin, February 10, 2019 Manila Bulletin, February 11, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, February 11, 2019 Manila Times, February 13, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 14,... Read more
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Rappler’s Maria Ressa Posts Bail on Cyber Libel
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa posted bail today, 14 February 2019, at Branch 46 of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) in connection with a... Read more
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An Attack on One is an Attack on All
THE CENTER for Media Freedom and Responsibility condemns the arrest of Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa on cyber libel charges filed several years after the alleged offense... Read more
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Jolo Cathedral Bombings: Terrorism Despite Martial Law
AFTER TWO years, Martial Law has failed to quell the violence in Mindanao. Two bombings rocked a Catholic shrine, the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in the predominantly... Read more
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“Battle for Manila Bay:” Another Rushed Rehab?
GARBAGE ALONG the baywalk may have been removed, but the stench remains. Following the rehabilitation of Boracay island last year, the government set its eyes on Manila Bay as... Read more
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After Alternative News Sites, NUJP Website Also Attacked
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) website has been subjected to distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) since 8 February 2019. The attack made... Read more