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The Swiss Challenge an End to Corruption?
DISMAYED WITH the manipulation of the procurement system of government, President Rodrigo Duterte on January 28 announced that government would use the Swiss Challenge in the assignment of... Read more
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Kodao Productions Website Attacked
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Kodao Productions, an alternative news outlet that seeks “to serve marginalized sectors of society,” reported a cyber-attack on its website on Friday, 2 February 2018. Kodao... Read more
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Looking into Gadon’s Charges: Impeachable or Not?
THE IMPEACHMENT of a sitting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is no minor enterprise. The effort to take down Maria Lourdes Sereno from the highest position of... Read more
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InterAksyon Shutting Down; CNN Philippines Downsizing
TV5 NETWORK Inc. will be shutting down the operations of its online news portal, InterAksyon, as a cost-cutting measure. Meanwhile, employees from TV news network CNN Philippines received... Read more
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Mamasapano Anniversary: Abundant in One Man’s Sentiment
ON THE third commemoration of the Mamasapano clash in Camp Bagong Diwa last January 25, Getulio Napeñas talked to reporters, saying the previous administration had “disinvited” him to... Read more
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Tokhang Re-launched: What the Public Needs to Know
THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) has re-launched Oplan Tokhang for the third time on Monday, January 29. The program has moved back and forth between the jurisdiction of... Read more
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Palace Intervention?
IN DECEMBER 2017, media reported the unceremonious firing of Vice Admiral Ronald Mercado as Navy Chief due to “insubordination.” According to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana: “As the Secretary... Read more
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The Rappler-SEC Ruling: Corporate Issues, Politics and Press Freedom
Corporate Check BREAKING NEWS carried the basics of a case that has since drawn the attention of international media and the global watchdogs of press freedom. The Securities... Read more
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NBI Subpoenas Rappler CEO, Former Reporter Re Cyber Libel Complaint
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Scarcely a week after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revoked online news site Rappler’s incorporation papers, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) subpoenaed CEO Maria... Read more
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Media Notes Lapses in Disaster Response
AS THE year drew to a close, two typhoons, Urduja (Kai-tak) and Vinta (Tembin) barreled through Mindanao. The first made landfall in Eastern Samar on December 16 and... Read more