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Summary Killings: Fatal Impact on Rule of Law

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for running an editorial that looked at the recent spate of summary killings and its impact on rule of law. On June 7, the Inquirer ran the editorial “Killing season?” which noted the recent summary killings in the Western Visayas. The...

Sexual Harassment: A Timely and Pertinent Issue

CHEERS TO Rappler for tackling sexual harassment in a report that reminded readers it is a crime under Philippine laws. Rappler’s “The many faces of sexual harassment in PH,” published on June 4, recalled the definition of sexual harassment in Republic Act 7877, the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of...

Expletives Aplenty: Duterte and the F Word

PRESIDENT-ELECT Rodrigo Duterte’s recent press conferences were, as usual, not devoid of expletives as he denounced the Catholic Church, the media and even the United Nations for a variety of reasons. Duterte has been correctly described as “foul-mouthed” and “tough talking,” showing no restraint in both his statements...

‘Bading,’ Homosexual: Incorrect, Irrelevant

JEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras and Sun.Star Cebu for erroneously and unnecessarily tagging their news subjects as “bading” and “homosexual.” 24 Oras misidentified in a report the transgender woman who was killed, stuffed in a suitcase and dumped along the Cavite Expressway, Coastal Road, Pasay City (“Bangkay ng...

Death Penalty: Legal, Rights Issues Ignored

HIS PROMISE to eradicate crime in a span of three to six months was at the forefront of President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign. Known for his tough stance on crime, Duterte announced in a May 15 press conference that he would urge Congress to restore the death penalty, preferably...

Duterte’s Proposed EO on FOI: Not Very Well-Informed

THE PHILIPPINE press has been promoting the passage of a Freedom of Information (FOI) act for years, the idea being that if there’s a law that would ensure transparency and access to government information, citizens could monitor government more closely and help check corruption, while the media could...

All the President-Elect’s Men: Who Are They?

A PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENT or even president-elect publicly identifying the people he wants to play a key role in his administration may well serve purpose that the press could help accomplish. These announcements, perhaps unintentionally, serve as trial balloons that could prompt scrutiny by the public about the incoming...

Misleading headline

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using the misleading verb “snub” in a report on the proclamation of the incoming president and vice president which Davao City Mayor and president-elect Rodigo Duterte’s skipped. The Inquirer had “Duterte snubs proclamation” for its May 31 banner story, which reported on...

Disaster Preparedness in the Time of La Niña

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for looking into the state of government’s pending flood-control projects as summer segued into the rainy season. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) announced the onset of the rainy season Tuesday, May 24. The weather bureau expects the El...

Election Canvassing: Explaining the Rules

CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler for reporting the rules of the canvassing by Congress of the votes for president and vice president as the legislature began its count on Wednesday, May 25. CNNPhilippines.com posted “Rules of Canvassing: How does Congress do the official count of votes for...