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From Friend to Foe? Duterte Criticizing China on Treatment of PH Military
Screengrab from Inquirer.net. On July 31, the Associated Press (AP) reported that Philippine military aircraft patrolling over the Spratlys within the West Philippine Sea had received at least 46... Read more
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Amid Resign Threats, Coma Allegations: Public Needs to Know About President’s Health
Screengrab from Inquirer.net. PUBLIC SPECULATION on the president’s health intensified last month, when he was reported to have undergone a “routine check-up” before delivering his State of the Nation... Read more
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Same Old, Same Old: Duterte Repeats Threat/Promise to Resign
HE TALKED about it again! On August 14, 2018, speaking to businessmen in Malacañang, President Rodrigo Duterte broke off from his prepared text to say that he was... Read more
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Dengue After Dengvaxia: Media Focused on the Politics of it
THE RAINY season is also dengue season in the Philippines. In 2017 alone, the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 131,827 dengue cases nationwide, of which 732 were fatal. Life-threatening... Read more
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Editorial Raises Issue of Police Accountability
Photo of Inquirer editorial. CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its editorial that looked into police accountability in the death of a detainee. The August 12 editorial... Read more
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Reporting the Strikes Over “Endo”: Missing the Major Issues
THE SPATE of strikes by several labor unions in different companies has once more called attention to President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to end labor contracting, or “endo” as... Read more
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GMA News Probes Integrity of Evidence in Drug Ops
CHEERS TO GMA News for a report that returned to a major aspect of police conduct in the government’s war on drugs. In a story that aired both... Read more
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A Misleading Headline about the National ID
JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its misleading headline and report that gave the impression that enrolling in the Philippine ID system created by a recently passed... Read more
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Flyby Chopper Mishap: More than just an Embarrassing Booboo!
MEDIA CAPTURED the costly mishap involving a brand-new Philippine National Police (PNP) helicopter on Wednesday, August 8. Flying low, the chopper whipped up enough wind to knock over... Read more
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Batasan 4: Missing the Real Story
REPORTING ON the arrest order for the “Batasan 4,” most media accounts did not seem to find anything strange or surprising about four public figures being hunted down... Read more