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Dengvaxia, Fear Factor and Political Games

THE DISCOVERY of Dengvaxia’s negative effects on some patients afflicted with dengue for the first time worked like a magnet for political gamesmanship. The report on the vaccine... Read more

Call for Stories on Peace Reporting

WAR STORIES, Peace Stories (WSPS), in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, is accepting story proposals for peace reporting on international conflict areas. Founded in 2017,... Read more

Fifth Global Fact-Checking Summit to be Held in Rome

BECAUSE OF the spread of “fake news” and disinformation in various media platforms, the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter, in partnership with Italian fact-checking website Pagella Politica,... Read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

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