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Digging Up Dirt: Investigating Marawi’s Rehabilitation Plans

A YEAR after the Maute group laid siege to the Islamic city of Marawi in Lanao del Sur, and more than six months after the end of the fighting,... Read more

Departing from the Chorus on Chinese Loans

SINCE THE first year of the Duterte administration, the news has faithfully reported every glowing claim made by the president about the bounty to expect from China’s pledged... Read more

Hand in Sereno’s Ouster? Citizen Monitor Recalls What the President Said

PATRICIO DIAZ sent a letter to the editor of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, which the paper published on May 21 (“What the President Said”). Responding to the president’s... Read more

Sereno’s SALN: Overlooked and Underreported in the Media

ALTHOUGH MARIA Lourdes Sereno has been removed from her position as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (SC), the media has failed to clarify the actual charges against... Read more

Calling Out the Failure to Respond to Chinese Bombers in the South China Sea

SILENCE CAN be louder than sound itself. On May 18, Chinese strategic bombers, including the top-of-the-line H-6K, had been reported to conduct take-off and landing exercises on Woody... Read more

Questioning the President’s Loyalty to China

THE PRESS IS all ears anytime the country’s chief executive opens his mouth. Journalists have recorded or reported the most outrageous statements that President Rodrigo Duterte has uttered,... Read more

Overreaching Headline Claims “Diplomatic Strategy”

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for inaccurately implying that a “diplomatic strategy” was discussed in a meeting between the Philippines and the US Pacific Command (PACOM) held... Read more

Media on Marawi: Coverage of the Siege

VIOLENCE TORE at the heart of Marawi City, the scenic capital of Lanao del Sur on May 23, 2017. Fighting broke out on what seemed a most ordinary... Read more

Media’s Wider Lens: Reports on the Pain of Inflation

ADDRESSING PUBLIC concerns amid the continued rise of the price of most goods and commodities, the Department of Finance (DOF) reassured the public that it will be... Read more

Barangay Polls: Television Does the Job

CHEERS TO TV reports on Monday, May 14 which provided substantial information regarding the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Election. Issues concerning the local government hardly draw media... Read more