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Cyber-attacks Hit Bulatlat Anew

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Cyber-attacks hit alternative news site Bulatlat.com starting 19 January 2019, bringing the website down for several days and forcing the media organization to move the website to... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 26 to February 1)

Manila Bulletin, January 26, 2019 The Philippine Star, January 27, 2019 The Philippine Star, January 29, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, January 31, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 1, 2019 Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 19 to 25)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 20, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 23, 2019 BusinessMirror, January 23, 2019 Malaya Business Insight, January 24, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 24, 2019 Read more

Making Sense of Election Surveys

ALTHOUGH SOME candidates have been campaigning since the fourth quarter of 2018, the election period only began officially this month, on January 13. In preparation for the midterm polls... Read more

PR Piece for PNP

JEERS TO The Philippine Star’s report for publicizing the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) claim that it is 98% in compliance with human rights standards, without an independent fact-check on... Read more

Passport Data Mess: What’s the Real Problem?

ON JANUARY 8, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. tweeted that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is rebuilding its database from scratch because a former passport contractor “took... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 12 to 18)

The Manila Times, January 13, 2019 Manila Bulletin, January 14, 2019 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 14, 2019 Manila Bulletin, January 16, 2019 The Philippine Star, January 17, 2019 Read more

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

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

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