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Elections and Political Dynasties: Lack of Context, Wrong Focus

JEERS TO ABS-CBN News for a report that relied mainly on one politician as its source, and which failed to locate the story in the context of dynastic politics... Read more

A Simple Crime Story Sensationalized

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for sensationalizing what could have been a simple crime report. On February 5, Bulletin reported a shooting incident involving Maricel Ramos, a resident of... Read more

Criminal Libel Suits Against Journalists

A journalist was convicted of libel and another arrested in the Philippines on the same charge in less than two months. But two other libel cases against media workers... Read more

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