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MindaNews features new Bangsamoro “torchbearers”

CHEERS TO MindaNews for its report on recent developments in the Bangsamoro region. Posted on September 3 and 4, the two-part special report called attention to the new generation of leaders at the helm of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).

This Week in Media (August 29 to September 2, 2022)

WHEN PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed himself Secretary of Agriculture last June 20, he said that the problems of the sector were “severe enough” that he had to step in. He emphasized his administration’s intention to boost agriculture in his inaugural address, saying it “cries for urgent attention after...

Rappler tour exposes Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth, highlights PCGG role

CHEERS TO Rappler's exclusive video tour of New York with Ruben Carranza, former commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). Clearly not your usual tour of the Big Apple, the video showed the buildings bought by the Marcoses during the dictatorship.

This Week in Media (August 22 to 26, 2022)

AFTER TWO years of a national school lockdown, schools opened with face to face classes on Monday, August 22. Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte quickly claimed it a “victory for education.” Without a doubt, students were overjoyed by their reunion with classmates, and so...

Beyond event reporting: Vera Files and Rappler recall history on Ninoy Aquino Day

CHEERS TO Vera Files and Rappler for taking a different tack on the 39th anniversary of the assassination of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. on August 21, 1983.

Inquirer.net report: inequalities, online classes worsened PH learning poverty

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net’s comprehensive and data-driven report on the resumption of face-to-face classes. It connected the learning losses suffered by Filipino students to the national government’s pandemic response and also to such long-standing issues as poverty, hunger, and underfunding.

The media and the DSWD dole-out mess

SOCIAL WELFARE and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo bared plans last August 18 to distribute cash aid to indigent students. A former broadcaster himself, he detailed the program during a Palace briefing in anticipation of the nationwide reopening of face-to-face classes. He said that half a billion pesos had...

This Week in Media (August 15 to 19, 2022)

PRESIDENT MARCOS added his voice to the anti-COVID booster shot campaign by joining the PinasLakas vaccination program launch in Manila by the Department of Health (DOH) on August 17.

ANC reminds KWF of its own mandate

CHEERS TO ANC’s Dateline Philippines for reminding the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (KWF), which had banned “subversive” books, of its own mandate. Anchor Karmina Constantino’s interview on August 12 with KWF Commissioner Benjamin Mendillo Jr. focused on the agency’s mandated role of developing the Filipino language rather than censorship...

TV5 reviews push for nuclear energy

CHEERS TO TV5’s Frontline Tonight for its balanced presentation of views on nuclear energy and the planned activation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP).