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Media check Duterte and alliesâ push for Cha-cha
Now in his last year in office, President Duterte seems determined to push for Charter change with the intention of opening the economy to foreign investments and preventing... Read more
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Media indulge AFP red-tagging in the midst of the pandemic
NOT EVEN a raging pandemic has stopped the militaryâs red-tagging. Already severely challenged by the difficulties of remote teaching, the universities are being further targeted by the Duterte quasi-military... Read more
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Stonewalling DOJâs drug war deaths report: Rappler sounds the alarm
IN THE fifth year of the Duterte presidency, media have reported less on the âwar on drugsâ even as drug-related killings continued. But Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made headlines... Read more
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Advertorials for mask product sideline public safety issue
JEERS TO Inquirer.net for running two advertorials about a face mask in the market whose effectivity in preventing COVID-19 transmission has been questioned by medical professionals. âCopperMaskâ has been... Read more
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Dacera case: Media echo, fail to check sloppy police work
IT HAD all the elements of the sensational. A young flight attendant had been found unconscious in a posh Makati hotel room on New Yearâs Day. She was brought... Read more
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Vaccinations in secret: Media miss public safety issue
IT CAME straight from the horseâs mouth. Last December 26, President Rodrigo Duterte announced in a public address that âalmost allâ soldiers have been inoculated with the Chinese anti-COVID-19... Read more
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âIsolated incident?â
THE COLD-BLOODED double-murder of a woman and her son by an off-duty policeman in Tarlac rocked the nation just a few days before Christmas. Footage of Police SMSgt. Jonel... Read more
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Domini Torrevillas, 80
AT 80, Domini Torrevillas was still writing and filing her column, âFrom the Standsâ for The Philippine Star. A brief fatal illness ended 49 years of work as a... Read more
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Lack of context in government testing policy
THE PUBLIC clamor for mass testing began as early as March 2020 when the World Health Organization (WHO) advised all countries to “test, test, test” in order to curb... Read more
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Media on the questionable arrests of the âHuman Rights Day 7â
ON DECEMBER 10âHuman Rights Day no lessâthe PNP arrested a journalist and six activists on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives as part of what critics denounced... Read more