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This Week in Media (June 13 to 17, 2022)

THE CEREMONIES involved in the transition to a new administration are the least of ordinary Filipinos’ concerns. The struggle to make ends meet becomes more and more taxing week by week, as fuel prices continue to soar amid global supply chain issues.

Media issue comprehensive reports on mass arrest over Tarlac land dispute

CHEERS TO the media organizations that issued detailed reports on the June 9 mass arrest of farmers, land reform advocates and journalists in Hacienda Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac. Reports from Altermidya, Bulatlat, and The Philippine Daily Inquirer provided the context needed in understanding the multi-layered issue which led to the...

More media attention needed on water contamination in Batangas

JEERS TO the lack of sustained media attention to, and scientific explanation for the harmful substances found in the groundwater in eight towns and one city in Batangas. Media coverage has mostly consisted of warnings that those substances may cause cancer and other diseases. But there have been no...

This Week in Media (June 6 to 10, 2022)

Health, economic, environmental concerns dominate the news

Inquirer.net report warns public re “rubber stamp” Senate

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for calling attention to the weakened opposition in the 19th Congress. The in-depth report pointed out the risks of a Senate that’s subservient to the President. The reporter interviewed professors from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman’s Department of Political Science. The three academics underscored...

GMA News recalls PCGG role now that another Marcos is in power

CHEERS TO the Need to Know episode of GMA News and Public Affairs Digital, which reminded the citizenry what the role of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is in recovering the Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth. The episode is pointedly relevant, now that Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of late...

Climate crisis: TV5 highlights calls for climate action

CHEERS TO TV5 for its two-part special report that underscored the urgency of the climate crisis and its impact on the Philippines.

This Week in Media (May 30 to June 3, 2022)

Media follow government transition phase

This Week in Media (May 23 to 27, 2022)

IT IS official: Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte have been proclaimed President and Vice President of the Philippines. Media noted the canvassing as the fastest in Philippine history as it took only two days. Reports recorded only one hitch: Some ballot boxes delivered to Congress, convened as the...

It isn’t journalism: NET25 airs brazen personal attack in the guise of a “report”

JEERS TO NET25 for airing a personal attack in the guise of a “news report” on Vice President Leni Robredo and her family, which among others, called the VP and her daughters Aika, Tricia, and Jillian ‘kulang sa pansin’ (attention seekers) for posting social media updates on their personal...