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  • Mamasapano Revisited: The Press Got Played

      SENATE HEARINGS in aid of legislation are an important part of democracy. The very nature of these hearings – senators have subpoena and contempt powers and are immune... Read more

  • Obit

    Cipriano Roxas, 76 VETERAN JOURNALIST Cipriano Roxas died Friday, January 29. He was 76. Roxas was former editor-in-chief of the Manila Standard until 1997, and was executive editor of... Read more

  • Chronicle

      NUJP elects new set of officers The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) elected a new set of officers during its 9th National Congress held from... Read more

  • Examining the Mamasapano Impact on Peace

    CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for running a two-part series examining the impact of the Mamasapano incident on peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic... Read more

  • Liberating Badjao Women After War

    “Liberating Badjao women after war,” was first published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Jan. 10, 2016. By Julie S. Alipala/ Inquirer Mindanao THE MOST visible effect of the war between government... Read more

  • DNA Test: A Hoax, a Non-Story

      JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for a headline that misled the reader into thinking that the article was about an authentic document but, as the report itself said,... Read more

  • Obit

    Dave Culbert, 63 BRITISH JOURNALIST Dave Culbert died Monday, January 18. He was 63. Culbert was the former deputy editor of Sunday Life. He joined the paper in the... Read more

  • Chronicle

    PNoy approves privatization of IBC-13 PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO III has given the go signal for the privatization of government-sequestered Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13), on the recommendation of the Governance... Read more

  • SSS: Failure of Public Policy Reporting

    CRITICISM RAINED on President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III for his veto of House Bill 5842 that sought to increase by PHP 2,000 the monthly Social Security System (SSS)... Read more

  • Mamasapano, a Year Later

    CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol and CNN Philippines’ Network News for exploring developments and other issues in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, a year after the clash between the Philippine National... Read more