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We will not surrender our freedoms

Today, 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.

Covering the Pandemic

Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic

Biopiracy

CHEERS TO GMA-7’s Balitanghali and State of the Nation with Jessica Soho for looking into the issue of biopiracy in the Philippines.

Solar’s news in Philippine languages

CHEERS TO Solar News Channel for its continuing effort to deliver relevant news in different Philippine languages in its two news programs.

THE PRESIDENT of the Philippines appears before a joint session of Congress and speaks to the public every year to report on the state of the nation. By tradition, news organizations and journalists report what he says as well as the people’s reaction.

Deliberate misunderstanding

JEERS TO philstar.com for misunderstanding a report, and then carelessly highlighting a comment to support its conclusion.

FOI and the right to know

CHEERS TO Rappler.com for reviewing freedom of information (FOI) laws worldwide, and the state of access to information in the Philippines and the right to know.

Putting herself in her own report

JEERS TO GMA-7 reporter Tricia Zafra for making herself part of the story.

Raising awareness about PWDs

CHEERS TO VERA Files for continuing to report on the state of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the Philippines and providing updates on new measures that address their plight.

Careless and reckless

JEERS TO several media organizations for their careless and reckless reporting of a crime involving a minor.

Reporting the aftermath of the Zamboanga siege

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its three-part series which looked into the state of the communities affected by the September 2013 Zamboanga siege.

Understanding the rule of law (Updated)

CHEERS TO Rappler.com’s Patricia Evangelista for challenging the truth of a claim in Ramon Tulfo’s May 24 column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer and for providing the much needed context on extrajudicial killings in Southern Philippines.