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COA’s ‘special audit’ report on Pharmally scandal out; few media pick it up

HEFTY CONFIDENTIAL funds are arguably the hottest talk of the town since budget proceedings in Congress began some months ago. In the course of deliberating the 2024 funding for agencies, concerns in operations, implementation of policies or possible corruption come to light, usually upon questioning by lawmakers during the...

Irresponsible and unethical: Philippine Star, Inquirer.net parrot unverified allegations against de Lima

JEERS TO The Philippine Star and Inquirer.net for uncritically parroting allegations by former officials of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte that Judge Gener Gito, who granted bail to Leila De Lima, was a student of the former senator.

NorDis explores impact of hydropower projects on Cordillera Indigenous communities

CHEERS TO Northern Dispatch (NorDis) for its special report that mapped out the hydropower projects in the Cordilleras and highlighted its impact on the Indigenous population.

De Lima granted bail in third and last drug case

AFTER SIX YEARS, eight months and 21 days, Leila de Lima gained freedom after posting bail of PHP 300,000. Arrested and detained in February 2017, she spent nearly seven years in solitary confinement in Camp Crame—the national police headquarters—deprived of her political and civil rights, isolated from her family...

Reports on widespread violence belie ‘generally peaceful’ 2023 elections

WITH THE barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections held last month after five years, 1.41 million Filipinos vied for the village-level posts nationwide, a much higher number of candidates compared to the 2018 elections.

Yolanda ten years later: Media goes back to communities, zoom in on perennial problems

TEN YEARS ago, the tragedy caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) claimed at least 6,300 lives and forced 750,000 people to flee their homes. Media accounts recalled the day and fixed its spotlight on communities who were most severely affected, reviewing lessons learned and revealing the continuing lack of...

BSKE coverage reveals urgent need for electoral reform

THE COUNTRY finally held its long overdue Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on October 30, 2023. After two postponements, the vote for over 670,000 elected officials at the barangay level proceeded as scheduled.

Team Unity: A very visible break-up

THE CRACK-UP of the UniTeam which carried Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte to victory in 2022 became the big story of the week as newsrooms picked up the quick moves to secure the power hold of Speaker Martin Romualdez over the House of Representatives (HOR).

‘Unimaginable and inhumane:’ TV Patrol highlights urgent need for medical services in Gaza

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for a report that relied on an independent non-government organization, Doctors Without Borders or Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a global institution that provides humanitarian care, fixing the spotlight on the poor state of medical facilities amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The report made...

PCIJ tracks dynastic, patronage ties in Marcos appointments

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for a report that provided the necessary background to the appointment of the new agriculture secretary.