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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

Election Ad Spending: Reporting Partial Nielsen Figures

JEERS TO several media organizations for reporting incomplete and unverified figures on advertising expenses in 2015 of the presidential, vice presidential and senatorial candidates running in this year’s elections.... Read more

Obit

FORMER PUBLISHER of the Manila Bulletin and author Napoleon “Nap” Rama died Sunday, January 10. He was 92; Longtime journalist William Nangle died Friday, January 8. He was 70. Read more