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 The Inquirer on Ex-Tagum Mayor: Negligent and Irresponsible JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for publishing a report on former Tagum City mayor Rey Uyâs abandoning the Liberal Party to support the presidential candidacy of Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte, without mentioning the alleged links of the two officials to death squad operations in their respective cities. Looking Back at the Lumad CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for following up on the plight of the Manobos in Surigao del Sur months after the killing of community leaders forced them to flee from their homes in September this year. Reporting âTanim-Balaâ: The Need to Go Deeper On September 18, Filipino-American Rhed Austria de Guzman recounted on Facebook her experience at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), alleging that airport personnel found two bullets in her luggage and that they demanded money to let her through. She insisted the bullet were not hers but paid them... âScriptedâ Protest: A Shaky Slant JEERS TO ABS-CBNâs TV Patrol for a slanted report on an anti-APEC protest and for using social media posts instead of its own reporting to âvalidateâ it. In context: Duterteâs ‘Last Minute Strategy’ CHEERS TO CNN Philippinesâ Network News for recalling Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterteâs previous statements regarding his on-again, off- again 2016 presidential run in light of his most recent announcement that he would indeed go for the Presidency next year. APEC 2015 Coverage: Still Inadequate After All These Years WHEN THE Philippines hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit the first time in 1996, it was touted as a coming out party for the administration of then president Fidel V. Ramos. Ramos anchored his socio-economic programs on âPhilippines 2000,â a platform aimed mainly at trade liberalization designed to... Rappler’s Roxas âInstaquoteâ: Out of context? THE PULL QUOTE is a regular feature in publications layout. Used âto attract attention, especially in long articles, a pull-quote is a small selection of text âpulled out and quotedâ in a larger typeface.â But some readers merely scan, pick out the âpull outâ or âinstaquoteâ and don’t read the entire... Insiders as sources for unofficial Supreme Court decisions (UPDATED) JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Interaksyon.com, and The Manila Times for reporting on yet to be released â hence, unofficial -- Supreme Court decisions and for using anonymous sources in these reports without a journalistically compelling reason. Duterte Mania and Human Rights: A Disturbing Lapse in Coverage OF ALL the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, Davao City has garnered probably every accolade out there: the most livable city, the most environment-friendly city, the city with the cleanest and best-tasting potable water, the safest city, among others. Davaoeños and visitors agree that everything is in order... Reporting Metro Manilaâs long-term traffic solutions: Media drops the ball IN EARLY September, the government presented what it called an âaction planâ meant to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila. The plan had three approaches: 1) management and enforcement, 2) mass transit, and 3) engineering solutions. « Previous12345…61Next »
