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From the Newsrooms: January 1 to 6, 2024

THE POWER disruption that struck Panay Island ended up as a national story. The blackout could have happened elsewhere in the country, warning Filipinos they could be just as easily suffering such days of darkness.

From the Newsrooms: December 11 to 16, 2023

BEIJING’S RISING belligerence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has dampened the mood of seasonal merry-making, especially for the Filipino troops stationed in the area and the fisherfolk who have borne the brunt of China’s aggression. Media reports have quoted a security expert describing the shadowing of the country’s...

From the Newsrooms, December 4 to 9

THREE MANILA-based broadsheets called attention to continued low ranking of the country, giving the news front-page banner-treatment on December 6 and 7. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star and The Manila Times reported the Philippines’ dismal performance in the 2022 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a worldwide...

Climate talk: Marcos’s contradictory policies on reclamation, energy, mining

AS ALL eyes are on the COP28 conference in Dubai, reports in the country continue to highlight climate change and environmental concerns; in the process exposing the Marcos administration’s policy directions on climate issues as inconsistent, even contradictory.

MSU blast a grim reminder of 2017 Marawi siege

MEDIA DESCRIBED the December 3 bombing at the Dimaporo Gym of the Mindanao State University (MSU) as one of the deadliest terror attacks since the Marawi siege in 2017. The blast killed four people and wounded 50 others during the Catholic Mass on the first Sunday of the Advent...

From the Newsrooms: November 27 to December 2, 2023

REPORTS OF a surge of respiratory illnesses in China recall the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019. Hospitals in Northern China, particularly in Beijing and Liaoning, have filled up with sick children. The World Health Organization (WHO) noted that these areas have reported an increase in respiratory infections since mid-October.

Media fail to highlight HR issues in GSP+ talks

JEERS TO news outfits that focused entirely on the trade benefits of the European Union’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) without discussing issues involving human and labor rights, which are among the international conventions that must be complied with by recipients of these benefits.

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.