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De Lima’s Bikini Photo: Foul

JEERS TO The Manila Times for publishing on its front page a scantily clad photo of Senator Leila de Lima, which illustrated a story about the alleged links... Read more

Marcos Burial: The Press as a Moral Compass

STAYING TRUE to his campaign promise, President Rodrigo Duterte confirmed on Aug. 7 the burial of deposed strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Prior to... Read more

Tornado in the Metro: Quick and Helpful Explainers

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol and TV5’s Aksyon for explaining in simple terms how a tornado develops. Tornados are an uncommon weather phenomenon in the Philippines but... Read more

20th Lopez Jaena Community Journalism Workshop

THE JOURNALISM Department of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) is inviting media practitioners to apply to the 20th Graciano Lopez Jaena Community Journalism... Read more

Obit

Bambi Sheleg, 58 FOUNDING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of the Israeli Eretz Acheret and Liebhazer Prize recipient Bambi Sheleg has died Monday, August 15, after a long battle against illness. She was 58.... Read more

Calapan Murder: Unnecessary Description

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for trivializing an act of violence by describing a murder victim as “pretty.” By describing her as “pretty,” the report suggested that the... Read more

Here We Go Again

By Vergel O. Santos NOTE: The writer has himself adapted the following piece from a chapter (“A nation in denial”) in his book Chino and his times, a biography of... Read more

Against Patently Outlandish Claims

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for citing views contrary to a statement by Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre that “criminals are not (part of) humanity” instead... Read more

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Media as Unwitting Accessory

WHEN PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte made public the list of local government officials, judges and law enforcers allegedly involved in the drug trade, he did so with the caveat, that... Read more

Duterte and the Oligarchs

CHEERS TO some media organizations for explaining what an oligarch is after President Rodrigo Duterte called businessman Roberto Ongpin one during a speech before the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible... Read more