We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Revisiting a âSendongâ survivor village CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for sharing with its readers how a typhoon-ravaged community is getting back on its feet. Helpful backgrounder CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for giving readers helpful background information at the start of the coverage of the Mamasapano clash. The view from the other side CHEERS TO MindaNews, ABS-CBN News and GMA News for providing a different perspective to the January 25 Mamasapano incident, in which at least 62 persons died and thousands of civilians were displaced. Highlighting a policy need Cheers to the Manila Bulletin for highlighting the need for a national policy on shelter developmentâsomething one does not see regularly in the Philippine press. It also reminded journalists to do more policy reporting. Probing anomalies Cheers to Investigative Documentaries for further probing the unabated practice of anomalous infrastructure project deals. Bulletin’s “miracle” Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for a report that had its readers asking: âWait, what?â Last Dec. 9, the Bulletin reported that a 90-year-old man in Aklan had reportedly died but suddenly came back to life. Quoting the manâs wife, the report attributed the manâs resurrection to the familyâs strong... Expensive PR piece Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for letting its Dec. 14 âTalk of the Townâ special turn into a PR piece for the governmentâs Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), more popularly known as the Pag-Ibig fund. Unsubstantiated claim Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for publishing an unsubstantiated claim from embattled Vice-President Jejomar Binay, further muddling up the current discourse and debate regarding the political controversies involving him. Context seriously missing Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for failing to provide context in a Dec. 15 report on politician and political kingpin Luis âChavitâ Singson, who heads the Singson political dynasty in the North. Small-scale mining revisited CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its two-part special on small-scale mining and how a small community in South Cotabato can serve as a template for small-scale mines in the country. « Previous1…1314151617…61Next »
