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  • 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

  • Revisiting Arroyo’s Plunder Case

    CHEERS TO Rappler.com for its efforts to revisit former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s plunder case, coinciding with the fifteenth anniversary of the protest action known as “EDSA Dos” or People... Read more

  • RH Law Budget Cut: Ambushed and Out of the Loop

      THE SLASHING last December of the Department of Health’s billion-peso budget for family planning commodities caught reproductive health advocates off-guard. DOH Secretary Janette Garin said she herself was... Read more

  • Traffic Congestion in Roads other than EDSA

    CHEERS TO CNN Philippines’ Network News for moving traffic reporting from EDSA to other roads in the capital. While EDSA serves as the most extensive artery connecting five cities... Read more

  • Highlighting Local Politics and Dynasties

    CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for shifting media focus on local politics, local governments and the political clans who rule these units of power. TV Patrol‘s “Kampanyaserye (Campaign Series)”... Read more

  • Training Program on Elections Reporting

    THE THOMSON Reuters Foundation is offering a course on ethical and professional elections reporting. The program aims to provide training for journalists who are covering elections through seminars and workshops... Read more