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Militarizing the Cabinet?

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has appointed several military men, retired and incumbent, to key positions in his administration. Several of his predecessors, including the late President Cory Aquino, had done the same thing. Should the practice be cause for concern? GMA-7 reporter Sandra Aguinaldo asked precisely this question on 24...

‘Spoiled and Rotten Information’: Debunking PNA’s Fake News

THE ADMINISTRATION of President Rodrigo Duterte has developed the habit of admonishing the media for reporting “fake news”— reports which are either critical of the administration, particularly its bloody war on drugs, or those lacking “creative imagination” to decipher the President’s candid and at times rather incendiary remarks....

Reporting “Glut” in Negros Energy Supply

WHILE SEVERAL provinces in the country have been hit by rotational power outages, Negros has an oversupply of renewable energy, totaling almost thrice the less-than-300 MW it needs. Negros derives its power supply from solar energy plants that produce 323.5 megawatts (MW), biomass plants which account for 56.3...

Countering the Restrictive Definition of EJKs

TWO ONLINE publications have refuted a statement made by Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano before the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in defense of the Duterte administation’s war on drugs. The former senator had accused the media and critics of President Rodrigo Duterte of tarnishing the administration’s image...

Misleading Headline

STORIES ABOUT peace talks and related matters must not only be accurate. Reports must also be careful not to inflame emotions. This also applies to the headlines, as, in this age of digital media, there are many who limit newsreading only to the headlines, clicking no further to...

Cross-checking the Numbers

AFTER THE much-publicized confirmation hearings, the Commission on Appointments (CA) rejected the nomination of Gina Lopez as Environment Secretary on May 3. Lopez was the second to be rejected by the appointment body, following Perfecto Yasay Jr. Although done via secret voting in an executive session, the CA...

Duterte and the ICC: Online Takes Time to Explain and Explore

IT’S ALWAYS difficult to report on a court case as this usually involves legal terms. For non-lawyer journalists, it poses a challenge. Judicial systems involve complex processes and require terms that change according to countries and jurisdictions. What more a special court like the International Criminal Court (ICC)?...

ASEAN Summit 2017: Bloated Budget?

THE 2017 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit is not the first regional meeting the Philippines has hosted—but it is by far shown to be most expensive. The Philippine government allotted P15.5 billion for the semiannual summit, as well as other activities related to ASEAN’s 50th anniversary....

Media on UN Rapporteur’s Visit: Misplaced Focus, Missed Details

BY THE time of her visit, enough journalists in the Philippines had come to know about Agnes Callamard and her appointment as United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Summary or Arbitrary Executions. Because of the widespread criticism of the number of killings in the course of President Duterte’s war...

The Missing “Zero”: Disproving Cayetano’s Claim on Tolerance for Abuse

“AT ALL times, the Duterte administration seeks to uphold the rule of law. In fact, the president, President Duterte has a zero policy… has a policy of zero tolerance for abuse of law enforcers. This statement and policy of President Duterte is rarely, if at all, shown in...