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Media Drinks Government’s Kool Aid on Inflation

RODRIGO DUTERTE did not run on an economic platform. He did not talk much about what economic changes people should expect. As president, he has admitted not knowing... Read more

Manila Bulletin Names New President and Publisher

THE MANILA Bulletin Publishing Corporation has elected Emilio C. Yap III as its new president and Manila Bulletin editor-in-chief Crispulo J. Icban, Jr. as publisher during its annual... Read more

Federal Constitution: No Need for Speed

FINALLY, A copy to review and scrutinize! Federalism was the reason President Rodrigo Duterte was so het up to roam the country in 2015, pushing for its adoption... Read more

Broadcaster Jessica Soho to Receive 2018 UP Gawad Plaridel

BROADCAST JOURNALIST Jessica Soho has been named the 2018 University of the Philippines (UP) Gawad Plaridel recipient in the Outstanding Journalist category. The award is given annually to... Read more

Call for Stories: Human Rights Journalism

THE PHILIPPINE Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is inviting professional journalists and citizen journalists, artists, and human rights advocates to submit story proposals on human rights journalism for... Read more

Underreported in the Media: a Three-Alarm Fire in Megamall

FIRE HIT a construction site beside SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City on Thursday, June 28, 2018, past 7:30 p.m., calling to the site numerous fire engines which further aggravated... Read more

Eyes Wide Open While Some Media Turn a Blind Eye to Marcos History

THE GOVERNMENT raised by People Power in 1986 set as one of its goals the recovery of national wealth plundered by Ferdinand Marcos, estimated in the billions. To... Read more

Detainee’s Death Drives Media to Question Duterte’s Crackdown on Tambays

PRESENTED AS an effort to curb criminality, the president’s order to crackdown against “tambays” was given in a speech on June 13. He referred to loiterers as “potential... Read more

Radio Reporter Shot Dead in Negros Occidental

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – A volunteer radio reporter was shot dead by motorcycle-riding men in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental on 27 June 2018. Negros Occidental is 783 kilometers... Read more

Media Workers Killed in Two Separate Shootings

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – Two media workers were killed on 23 June 2018 in two cities in separate incidents. Jessie Cano, a resident of Brgy. Cadayonan in Marawi City,... Read more