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TV Patrol focuses on Marawi’s bakwits and still pending reparations

CHEERS TO TV Patrol for revisiting the 2017 Marawi siege, highlighting the situation of the displaced communities or “bakwits” in the city. There are families who are still homeless five years after the government quelled rebel forces on May 23, 2017, declaring the liberation of the country’s most sacred...

This Week in Media (October 17 to 21, 2022)

ON OCTOBER 3, radio broadcaster Percy Lapid was gunned down in Las Piñas City. Lapid is the second journalist to be killed under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s watch, his death happening only a few days before the new chief executive celebrated his 100th day in office. Lapid’s killing was...

This Week in Media (October 10 to 14, 2022)

Justice secretary embroiled in drug controversy

This Week in Media (October 3 to 7, 2022)

LESS THAN a week after his return from New York, amid continuing recovery efforts for the victims of Super Typhoon Karding, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to Singapore on October 1 to attend the Formula One Grand Prix event.

Not enough or too much: Rappler challenges Duterte’s claim to end education woes

CHEERS TO Rappler for its in-depth report on the claim by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte that she is asking for an additional PHP100 billion so she could end the problems of public education.

This Week in Media (September 26 to 30, 2022)

JUST LAST September 20, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was urging “industrialized” nations attending the United Nations General Assembly to do more in addressing the climate crisis, as developing countries such as the Philippines are affected the most. And yet, while still in the USA, he did not publicly announce...

ALLTV’s Marcos interview shows early signs of media cronyism

JEERS TO the September 13 interview with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. of celebrity host and vlogger Toni Gonzaga-Soriano. It was an insult to the public, a PR piece disguised as a conversation with the highest official of the land. It was bereft of any policy to address disasters...

This Week in Media (September 19 to 23, 2022)

FIFTY YEARS since Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s declaration of Martial Law, his only son is now president. The Marcos family’s efforts to return to power have culminated in Marcos Jr.’s election, with many Filipinos believing that Martial Law was a “golden age,” an era of peace and progress....

This Week in Media (September 12 to 16, 2022)

BUDGET HEARINGS in Congress are necessarily detailed. They are important undertakings that have not received the kind of journalistic coverage they deserve. Their relevance to good governance, corruption and public welfare has not been made more interesting to ordinary people.

Mask on or off? Inquirer.net questions new policy, government messaging

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for its inquiry into the recently implemented voluntary mask-wearing policy. Aside from presenting data showing COVID-19 as a continuing concern, Cristina Eloisa Baclig reported the government’s decision-making process on the matter, which hardly inspires public confidence.