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One-sided report

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

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.

Shocking banner

JEERS TO Interaksyon for a headline contrary to the content of one of its articles.

Disaster “bakwits”

CHEERS TO Reporter’s Notebook for an incisive report on the plight of disaster evacuees who are still in evacuation centers months after the disasters occurred.

What pledge?

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for reminding its readers that President Benigno S. Aquino III pledged to waive his rights to bank secrecy during the 2010 elections.

Tackling judicial appointments

CHEERS TO VERA Files for its three-part special on judicial appointments. “The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) is now the focus of national attention as it begins the process of recommending a replacement for ousted Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. The process, if done right, is expected to help...

Comprehensive report

CHEERS TO Aksyon for a comprehensive report on an allegedly hazardous road construction project that will connect Oriental and Occidental Mindoro.

Because of poverty

CHEERS TO VERA Files for their story “akyat barko girls (ship climbing girls)”, prostitutes who climb docked ships to offer sex to foreign ship crews.

In-depth reporting

CHEERS TO Investigative Documentaries for its April 26 in-depth report about security guards. In a country of limited jobs, more than 700,000 Filipinos work as security guards. This is more than the total number of policemen in the Philippines, the program reported. It discussed labor issues involving...