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Quick questions from Frontline, TV Patrol check Duterte’s proposal for Mindanao secession

CHEERS TO TV5 and ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for their reports that discussed the constitutionality of Rodrigo Duterte’s proposed secession of Mindanao from the Philippines.

From the Newsrooms: February 4 to 10, 2024

MARCOS’ VISIT on February 7 fixed the news spotlight on Davao. Although bad weather had caused quite severe flooding and landslides in the area, the President’s schedule which had been set earlier did not include stops in any of the disaster sites, although he did an aerial inspection and...

Rappler unpacks SC ruling on Estrada plunder, bribery case

CHEERS TO Rappler for an explainer that dissected the case of Senator Jinggoy Estrada and thoroughly discussed the ruling of Sandiganbayan. On January 19, the Sandiganbayan released a 396-page decision acquitting Estrada of plunder but convicting him of three counts of bribery in the so-called pork barrel scam. Most accounts...

From the Newsrooms: January 29 to February 3, 2024

ON JANUARY 30, the Philippine Daily Inquirer used a fitting phrase in headlining the effect of the separate rallies held by the Marcos and Duterte camps on January 28: “Battle lines drawn.” Manila Standard on January 31 used the same words as it reported Rodrigo Duterte’s taunting challenge to...

Radyo5, Rappler spotlight public funds used in Bagong Pilipinas rally

CHEERS TO Radyo5 and Rappler for calling the people’s attention to the exorbitant cost of holding President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s rally on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024.

From the Newsrooms: January 22 to 27, 2024

IF FORMER Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is to be believed, the investigative probe of the International Criminal Court into the Philippine drug war is done “as far as the principal accused is concerned,” while the warrant for the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte could be served in a...

Mood meter journalism: In rare, exclusive interview, GMA-7 decides to go easy on the President

JEERS TO GMA Integrated News for its interview with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that failed to tackle critical issues about his policies, public statements, and governance. GMA-7 decided to play it safe and the public is the poorer for it.

That extra step: How TV Patrol verified Rep. Paolo Duterte’s questionable PHP51-billion infrastructure budget

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for its report that confirmed that Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte received a total of PHP51 billion for infrastructure projects from 2020 to 2022, when his father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, was still in office.

From the Newsrooms: January 15 to 20, 2024

MEDIA REPORTED earlier this month the reshuffle in the Department of Agriculture (DA). The retirement of two senior career undersecretaries, Leocadio Sebastian and Domingo Panganiban, caused ranking officials to be shifted around.

Liberal laws, policy gaps: Rappler, ANC question need for Cha-cha to open economy

CHEERS TO Rappler and ANC’s Market Edge for reviewing current laws that have opened up the economy to foreign investments. In doing so, the accounts question the purpose of Charter change which has been gaining ground among the administration’s allies in Congress.