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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

Reinventing the airports

CHEERS TO BusinessMirror for a report about a study on what improvements the country’s airports need to attract more passengers.

Fact check

CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for a report on the effects of the “pill” after the claims of Sen. Tito Sotto III in his speech in the Senate of its supposedly ill effects.

Reporting the economy

CHEERS TO news website Rappler.com for a report comparing the economy under President Benigno Aquino III when he took office in 2010 and the changes in the economy in the first quarter of 2012.

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for its detailed report on rising water rates, the operation of water concessionaires in Metro Manila, and the performance of the agencies that regulate public utilities. (Sept. 1)

One-sided report

JEERS TO BusinessMirror for a one-sided report about the situation of Philippine civil aviation.

Preparing viewers

CHEERS TO Road to 2013 for being a regular forum for discussion of issues related to the 2013 elections. Road to 2013 is among the first television specials already preparing the public for next year’s polls.

Elections then

CHEERS TO Solar Network News for a July 31 special report on the Philippine experience in manual elections as the debate on the next automated elections in May 2013 continued.

Shocking banner

JEERS TO Interaksyon for a headline contrary to the content of one of its articles.

Disaster “bakwits”

CHEERS TO Reporter’s Notebook for an incisive report on the plight of disaster evacuees who are still in evacuation centers months after the disasters occurred.

Legal competency training manual for journalists

Covering Philippine criminal proceedings is not easy. Lawyers and judges have a language of their own The extensive use of legal jargon in the courtroom can prevent anyone, including journalists, from understanding what’s happening in a case, much more to report on it. With simultaneous motions before it, court...