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Understanding pork barrel politics

CHEERS TO GMA News and Public Affairs, Special Assignments Team, and News Research for its investigative series explaining what the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), also known as pork barrel, is, and how Philippine legislators use their allocations.

Mixed blessing, or mixed curse?“Blocktiming” in Bacolod City

BACOLOD CITY – It is one of those “open secrets” in Philippine broadcasting. Politicians would buy chunks of radio time and populate the programs with broadcasters who would, like regular anchormen, discuss the news, and analyze and comment on them, but who would give a favorable spin to the news...

PJR Reports August-September 2012

THE PEOPLE were its first victims, but the media were at least among the first casualties of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law in 1972. Marcos signed the declaration on September 21, and implemented it on the 23rd. But even before the stroke of midnight on the 22nd, his...

Reinventing the airports

CHEERS TO BusinessMirror for a report about a study on what improvements the country’s airports need to attract more passengers.

Fact check

CHEERS TO InterAksyon.com for a report on the effects of the “pill” after the claims of Sen. Tito Sotto III in his speech in the Senate of its supposedly ill effects.

Reporting the economy

CHEERS TO news website Rappler.com for a report comparing the economy under President Benigno Aquino III when he took office in 2010 and the changes in the economy in the first quarter of 2012.

Water woes

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for its detailed report on rising water rates, the operation of water concessionaires in Metro Manila, and the performance of the agencies that regulate public utilities. (Sept. 1)

One-sided report

JEERS TO BusinessMirror for a one-sided report about the situation of Philippine civil aviation.

Preparing viewers

CHEERS TO Road to 2013 for being a regular forum for discussion of issues related to the 2013 elections. Road to 2013 is among the first television specials already preparing the public for next year’s polls.

Elections then

CHEERS TO Solar Network News for a July 31 special report on the Philippine experience in manual elections as the debate on the next automated elections in May 2013 continued.