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Helpful backgrounder

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for giving readers helpful background information at the start of the coverage of the Mamasapano clash.

CHEERS TO MindaNews, ABS-CBN News and GMA News for providing a different perspective to the January 25 Mamasapano incident, in which at least 62 persons died and thousands of civilians were displaced.

Highlighting a policy need

Cheers to the Manila Bulletin for highlighting the need for a national policy on shelter development—something one does not see regularly in the Philippine press. It also reminded journalists to do more policy reporting.

Probing anomalies

Cheers to Investigative Documentaries for further probing the unabated practice of anomalous infrastructure project deals.

Bulletin’s “miracle”

Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for a report that had its readers asking: “Wait, what?” Last Dec. 9, the Bulletin reported that a 90-year-old man in Aklan had reportedly died but suddenly came back to life. Quoting the man’s wife, the report attributed the man’s resurrection to the family’s strong...

Expensive PR piece

Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for letting its Dec. 14 “Talk of the Town” special turn into a PR piece for the government’s Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), more popularly known as the Pag-Ibig fund.

Unsubstantiated claim

Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for publishing an unsubstantiated claim from embattled Vice-President Jejomar Binay, further muddling up the current discourse and debate regarding the political controversies involving him.

Context seriously missing

Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for failing to provide context in a Dec. 15 report on politician and political kingpin Luis “Chavit” Singson, who heads the Singson political dynasty in the North.

Small-scale mining revisited

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its two-part special on small-scale mining and how a small community in South Cotabato can serve as a template for small-scale mines in the country.

Background missing

JEERS TO The Philippine Star for failing to provide background in a story involving suspended Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Alan Purisima.