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Applications Open for 2019 “The Aftermath Project” Grants
PHOTOGRAPHERS WORKING in conflict situations worldwide may now apply for grants from The Aftermath Project. The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half... Read more
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Prison Congestion: Focus on Women Detainees
CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for calling attention to the plight of female detainees in the Quezon City Female Dormitory (QCFD). In June 2018, the Bureau of... Read more
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Police Ask Media for “Favorable Coverage”
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) and the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) visited some local news offices last week to ask for “favorable coverage”... Read more
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Media Gloss Over Nuances in Recent Survey Results
POLLING FIRMS Social Weather Stations (SWS) and Pulse Asia closed the month of September with the release of the results of their latest surveys of public opinion on national... Read more
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“Red October” Plot: Some Journalists Asked the Hard Questions
THERE WAS not much revealed during the president’s so-called “tete-a-tete” with his chief legal counsel, Sal Panelo, on September 11, including the president saying there was a plot to... Read more
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Still on Trillanes Amnesty: Few Reports Questioned Court Ruling
MAKATI REGIONAL Trial Court (RTC) Branch 150 Judge Elmo Alameda on September 25 reopened the rebellion case against then Navy officer Antonio Trillanes IV that he had dismissed... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (September 29 to October 5)
Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2018 Malaya Business Insight, October 2, 2018 Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 2, 2018 Malaya Business Insight, October 2, 2018 The Manila Times, October 5, 2018... Read more
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Duterte’s EJK ‘Admission’: Media Yield to Palace Spin
PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s blasphemous, sexist, anti-poor tirades, including hate speech, have made enough headlines in the past to make such offensive outbursts almost a cliché. During the oath-taking... Read more
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Following up on Ompong’s Destruction
POST-TYPHOON ‘OMPONG,’ the media scrambled to cover the provinces hit hardest by the disaster, reporting on casualties, damage to infrastructure and agriculture, as well as rescue and relief... Read more
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A Closer Examination: Why the Deaths in Itogon?
CHEERS TO Rappler for its two-part story examining the Itogon community’s vulnerability and for exposing the weak law enforcement which were among the factors that led to the many... Read more