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Fact-Checking Duterte’s ‘Shoot-to-Kill’ Order
CHEERS TO VERA Files for fact-checking a Sept. 14 claim by the Philippines representative to the United Nations that President Rodrigo Duterte did not issue orders for the... Read more
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2016 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar to Discuss Elections and the Duterte Administration
FIVE PANELISTS from television, print and online news organizations will discuss the media and the 2016 elections and the coverage of issues raised during the first months of... Read more
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Duterte’s Purge: Media Contribute to Confusion
EXPRESSING HIS “disappointment” over reports of persistent corruption in the government particularly in regional offices, President Rodrigo Duterte announced in one of his weekend press conferences that all... Read more
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Covering Duterte’s Outbursts
IT WAS the expletive heard around the world. President Rodrigo Duterte made headlines again on Monday, Sept. 5, when he was reported to have cursed United States President Barack... Read more
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Sensationalizing a Crime Scene
JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Umagang Kay Ganda for sensationalizing a crime caught on camera. The story “Lalaki, patay sa pananaksak sa Quezon City” aired during the Sept. 7... Read more
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Kidapawan Broadcaster Arrested for Libel
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio manager and broadcaster in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato has been arrested and detained on two libel cases filed by a mayor of Makilala town... Read more
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Radio Reporter Receives Death Threats
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio reporter said he received death threats via mobile phone 7 September 2016 about a week after reporting being threatened by tourist policeman in Lapu-Lapu... Read more
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Duterte’s Drug War: Debunking Presumption of Regularity
THE NUMBER of deaths in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs rises by the day, raising concerns and eliciting criticism not only from some Filipinos but also from... Read more
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State of Lawless Violence: Media’s Watchdog Role Crucial
MEDIA’S RESPONSIBILITY to provide information and to explain what’s going on has become even more crucial in the context of the recent actions of the Duterte administration that... Read more