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Covering the Sin Tax Bill: Mostly focused on Policy Issues

PROMINENTLY IN the news in October and November this year was the “sin” tax bill (now known as Republic Act No. 10351 or An Act Restructuring the Excise Tax on Alcohol and Tobacco). The extent of reporting depended on the medium. Newspaper coverage was comprehensive, the reports appearing in...

All about Hagedorn

JEERS TO The Philippine Star for a “personality” piece on Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn, who is running for senator in the May 2013 elections.

Measuring poverty

CHEERS TO GMA News for explaining how the government measures poverty incidence through food and nutrition requirements.

Violence in Abra

CHEERS TO Vera Files for a report on Abra's culture of violence, which intensifies during elections.

Labor laws

JEERS TO Malaya Business Insight for a one-sided and incomplete October 25, 2012 banner story on Philippine employment laws.

Tweets violate trust

JEERS TO GMA News TV's Brigada and its reporter for violating a confidentiality agreement by tweeting information that a source had asked to keep secret.

Misleading headline

JEERS TO Inquirer.net for a misleading headline.

Cybercrime Law timeline

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), BusinessWorld and Rappler for providing a timeline on the passage of the Cybercrime Prevention Law.

Media’s coverage of ArroyoReporting trivia

IN REPORTING the release of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from hospital arrest after the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) ruled favorably on her bail petition, the media’s coverage, although generally fair, lacked context and was sometimes irrelevant.

Understanding pork barrel politics

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its five part-report “Pigging out on Pork” reviewing the processes involved in the disbursement of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and discussing how the system makes it vulnerable to misuse and corruption.