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Davao Bombings: Helpful Historical Background

CHEERS TO Sun.Star Davao and Rappler for providing a timeline on previous bombings in Davao City in light of the recent attack that shook that city. In an... Read more

Marcos Burial: Keeping Track of a Controversy

CHEERS TO Rappler for consistently covering the controversy over the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. As the Supreme Court (SC)... Read more

Duterte’s War on Drugs: Learning from the Failure of Thailand and Colombia

By Melinda de Jesus President Rodrigo Duterte is not the first to take to the path of violence with the goal of ending the plague of drugs. Thailand’s highly... Read more

The Peace Process: Clarifying Issues, Explaining Concepts

CHEERS TO the People’s Alternative Media Network (Altermidya) and Manila Today for publishing articles that help explain the ongoing peace talks between the government and National Democratic Front... Read more

Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program

JOURNALISTS WHO have worked professionally for at least five years are invited to apply to the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program of Harvard University. The program is based in a scholarly... Read more

Drug War EJKs: Cross-Checking Cayetano’s Murder, Homicide Stats

CHEERS TO Rappler for spotting inaccuracies in Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s graph showing a “drastic” drop in the number of murder and homicide cases recorded during the first month... Read more

‘Most Shabulized’: Fact-Checking Duterte’s Claim

CHEERS TO VERA Files for fact-checking the claim by President Rodrigo Duterte that Iloilo is the “most shabulized” or most drug-affected province in the Philippines by citing data... Read more

Verifying Duterte’s Stats

CHEERS TO Rappler for verifying the accuracy of a statement by President Rodrigo Duterte about the number of police and military men who have died in the line... Read more

Duterte and the UN: Another Media Failure to Provide Context

IN THE early hours of Sunday, Aug. 21, President Rodrigo Duterte held another one of his now infamous press briefings in Davao City. There, he issued a spate... Read more

10th Frontline Club Awards

REGULAR STAFF and freelance journalists are invited to submit entries to the 10th Frontline Club Awards, which recognize emerging talents and established names in journalism who have demonstrated integrity,... Read more