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A Lukewarm Response to Charges, Silence from the Rest of Media

“DO NOT hesitate to attack or criticize me if I do wrong in my job. It is your duty.” President Rodrigo Duterte directed this statement to reporters in a September 2016 press briefing. Yet he continues to express his animosity towards the media, both local and international....

Protecting Children from Fulsome Speech

PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE minces no words regardless of whoever is on the receiving end: He has cursed leaders of other countries, the Pope and even the United Nations and the European Union. Objectively, his cussing has no place in the public forum. His reiteration of killing and violence...

Occupy Pabahay: the Issue of Homelessness

HOMELESSNESS IS a global affliction as millions of people and growing communities live without adequate shelter. Although the country has not suffered the pressure of populations seeking refuge, the lack of housing in the Philippines constitutes a crisis in its magnitude. Not too many knew about Kalipunan ng Damayang...

Unholy News during the Holy Week: Who’s Covering if Print, TV takes a Break?

NEWS NEVER sleeps; but there are times when much of the news is expected to take a breather. Holy Week is one such time in the Philippines. Custom has dictated the country to observe the Easter Triduum as a national holiday, providing a four-day break from work. It...

Covering Immigration Woes

THE NINOY AQUINO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NAIA) had been ranked among the world’s worst airports in the past. In any one of the four terminals, passengers have found much to complain about. NAIA 1 was built during the Martial Law years, and while it has undergone rebuilding and refurbishment,...

Pardon for Erring Cops: Media Coverage Tame and Uncritical

PRESIDENT DUTERTE vowed to defend cops anew after nineteen police officers tagged in the killing of former Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr. in November 2016 surrendered, following the issuance of an arrest warrant against them on March 20. The cops were charged with murder. Speaking to local...

Flashpoint in the East? Eyes on Benham Rise

WHERE IS Benham Rise? Not everyone knows. It seemed neither did the President Duterte. “Let us not fight about ownership or sovereignty at this time because things are going great for my country.” President Rodrigo Duterte has recycled his message in speeches during his term, in an attempt to...

Postponing Local Polls

A NEW setback loomed over the barangay elections after Rep. Robert Ace Barbers filed a bill seeking to delay the polls scheduled this year to March 25, 2020.The elections were already postponed when President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law RA 10923, moving it from October 13, 2016 to October...

PNP’s Claim: No EJKs, Only Homicide

“PERSISTENT AND irritating” was how Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald Dela Rosa described the supposed misuse of police data by the media and Vice President Leni Robredo in claiming that the government’s war on drugs have resulted into more than 7,000 deaths. The continued coverage on the...

Reviewing the Impeachment Process

FILIPINOS ARE not strangers to the idea of impeachment. Recent political history saw the impeachment of a sitting president, Joseph Estrada; an incumbent chief justice of the Supreme Court, Renato Corona; not to speak of five failed impeachment complaints against former President Gloria Arroyo. An impeachment complaint was...