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Media Publicity on Names in PDEA Narco List: Unfair and Harmful
JEERS TO several media organizations for making public the names of barangay officials allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade as presented by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency... Read more
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The Problem of “Endo”: Missing Links, Unexplored Issues (Updated)
“THE MOMENT I assume the presidency, contractualization will stop.” Then a presidential candidate, Rodrigo Duterte made this promise during the third and last debate among other contenders in April... Read more
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Dumaguete Radio Anchor Dies a Day after Attack
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — A local radio broadcaster in Dumaguete City died a day after an unidentified gunman shot him on April 30. The first case of journalist killing in... Read more
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PH Ranking Drops Six Places in 2018 RSF Press Freedom Report
THE PARIS-BASED Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF-Reporters Without Borders) has released its 2018 World Press Freedom Index report, which noted “growing animosity towards the media” globally. The Philippines ranked 133rd,... Read more
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Misleading headlines are bad for the press and public
JEERS TO GMA News Online for a misleading headline on a report that suggested that Rappler failed to show up at the Department of Justice (DOJ), as the report... Read more
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Context Missing: Reporting the PH-China Joint Exploration Proposal
EVERYONE SHOULD know by now about President Rodrigo Duterte’s “pivot to China.” Media reports have quoted him as citing economic benefits from it, among them loans and partnerships mainly... Read more
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Connecting Coverage of Economic Gains to the Poor
THE WORLD Bank and the Asian Development Bank expects the Philippines to sustain the 6.7 to 6.9 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth according to their 2018 economic updates.... Read more
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Gabby Lopez retires as ABS-CBN chair, cousin Mark to take over
EUGENIO “GABBY” L. Lopez III has stepped down from his position as the chairman of the board of ABS-CBN Corporation, nominating his cousin Martin “Mark” L. Lopez to... Read more
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Call for Applications: Media in Conflicts Seminar
JOURNALISTS AND media personnel from the Philippines are invited to the upcoming Media in Conflicts Seminar (MICS) from August 26 to 30 in Herzliya, Israel. MICS is an international... Read more
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Why fact check—and why Rappler and VERA Files
By Luis V. Teodoro THE DESIGNATION by the social media giant Facebook of Rappler and VERA Files as fact- checkers of its news feeds was in recognition of the... Read more