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Mindanao’s Road to Peace: Explaining the BOL Plebiscite
THE NEXT step towards ending the 50-year struggle of the Bangsamoro for self-determination, equality and peace, the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is now in the hands of the people... Read more
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Against “Red-tagging”: Media Provide Needed Context
LAST JANUARY 7, the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirmed that they were gathering intelligence on members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), a progressive organization of teachers and... Read more
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Abolishing the Road Board: Corruption Crackdown Reveals Political Rift
THE ABOLITION of the Road Board, proposed by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte is not just about cracking down on corruption in the agency. It has also revealed... Read more
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Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Journalists’ Civil Suit Against Government Officials
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Supreme Court of the Philippines affirmed the dismissal of a civil suit filed by journalists and media groups against government officials for press freedom violations during... Read more
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Fearless Cartoonist Jess Abrera Leaves Inquirer
AWARD-WINNING cartoonist and Philippine Daily Inquirer pioneer Jess Abrera Jr. left the Philippine Daily Inquirer on January 1, 2019 after 30 years in the newspaper. The cartoonist is known for his... Read more
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Media Debunk Arroyo’s ‘Exoneration’
CHEERS TO GMA News Online and Rappler for pointing out that not all charges against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo have been dismissed, contrary to the claims of her lawyer,... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 5 to 11)
Malaya Business Insight, January 7, 2019 The Manila Times, January 8, 2019 The Manila Times, January 9, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 9, 2019 Manila Standard, January 10, 2019 The Philippine Star, January 11, 2019 Read more
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Media Focus on Urgent Public Health Issues
CHEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras and I-Witness for calling attention to some of the most urgent public health issues in a series of reports and a documentary that aired... Read more
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Against Rewriting History: Inquirer on the Marcoses’ Revisionism
CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its series on how social media is being weaponized by the Marcos family to advance their political interests and revise Philippine history.... Read more
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Tabloids link NUJP to CPP-NPA-NDF
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Three Manila-based tabloids published similar banner stories on 7 January 2019 linking the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) to the Communist Party of the... Read more