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‘No peace without women!’

“‘No peace without women!’” was first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on July 9, 2017. By Rina Jimenez-David/Inquirer IN THE coverage of the current standoff in Marawi, the focus... Read more

Marawi Crisis: Beyond the Fighting

IT WAS a crisis the military said was under control since Day One. Two months later, the fighting continues, 500 lives lost, and around 300,000 displaced from their... Read more

Sexism in Headline: Trivializing Serious Challenge to Sereno

RECENTLY, media reported on a memorandum written by an associate justice questioning certain actions of no less than the Chief Justice of the Republic of the Philippines. The... Read more

Obit

Ricky Tumala Tulipat, 48 PILIPINO STAR Ngayon reporter Ricky Tumala Tulipat died Tuesday, July 11. He was 48. On July 8, He was rushed to the Makati Medical... Read more

Call for Participants: Media Training on Fair Recruitment and Labor Migration

THE INTERNATIONAL Labor Organization, in collaboration with the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), will hold a five-day media training on fair recruitment and labor migration.... Read more

Three Ampatuan Massacre Accused Acquitted

THE QUEZON City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 221 dismissed the charges against three accused in the Ampatuan massacre after the prosecution failed to prove their participation in the... Read more

Fire in the City: The Failure of Military Airstrikes in Marawi

THE BURNING of Marawi City may have been a case of the military shooting itself in the foot as misfires caused significant loss of fighting men. On May... Read more

A Desperate Striptease for Readers

THE PAPER is nothing but a sleazy tabloid! That’s what the oversized photo of a scantily clad beauty on the front page says about a paper that cannot... Read more

Hits and Misses: Coverage of the SC Decision on Factual Sufficiency of Proclamation No. 216

THE DECISION has been described as a landmark and a milestone in Philippine judicial history. And media reporting on it failed to rise to the challenge of reporting... Read more

Insensitive Use of Victim’s Photo: Sensationalizing a Tragedy in a Public Place

UNLIKE ONLINE photos that can be taken down, photos in print media cannot be retracted, and become part of the permanent public record. On July 9, The Manila... Read more