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Reading Western Media
By Luis V. Teodoro THE WESTERN media, according to one view, are the benchmarks of accuracy, fairness and impartiality. They are the watchdogs of government, the actions and policies ... Read more
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Covering Immigration Woes
THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) had been ranked among the world’s worst airports in the past. In any one of the four terminals, passengers have found much... Read more
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Pardon for Erring Cops: Media Coverage Tame and Uncritical
PRESIDENT DUTERTE vowed to defend cops anew after nineteen police officers tagged in the killing of former Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. in November 2016 surrendered, following... Read more
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Flashpoint in the East? Eyes on Benham Rise
WHERE IS Benham Rise? Not everyone knows. It seemed neither did the President Duterte. “Let us not fight about ownership or sovereignty at this time because things are going... Read more
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Postponing Local Polls
A NEW setback loomed over the barangay elections after Rep. Robert Ace Barbers filed a bill seeking to delay the polls scheduled this year to March 25, 2020.The elections... Read more
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PNP’s Claim: No EJKs, Only Homicide
“PERSISTENT AND irritating” was how Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa described the supposed misuse of police data by the media and Vice President Leni Robredo... Read more
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CMFR’s Statement on the President’s Attack Against the Media: The Cheapest Form of Harassment and Intimidation
SPEAKING TO appointed government officials in local government on March 30, President Duterte once again assailed the press, singling out two leading news organizations, the Philippine Daily Inquirer and ABS-CBN. ... Read more
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Alex Tizon, 57
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING FILIPINO-AMERICAN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST Alex Tizon died in his sleep due to natural causes in Oregon, USA. He was 57. According to his family and the University... Read more
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Reviewing the Impeachment Process
FILIPINOS ARE not strangers to the idea of impeachment. Recent political history saw the impeachment of a sitting president, Joseph Estrada; an incumbent chief justice of the Supreme... Read more
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Against Technicism
By Luis V. Teodoro IS THE journalist only a technician skilled in reporting the narratives of the powerful? Or are journalistic skills — the capacity to look for and... Read more