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Star, Inquirer editorials emphasize urgency of dismantling POGOs

CHEERS TO the editorials of The Philippine Star and Philippine Daily Inquirer that highlighted the criminality involved in Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), stressing the need to fully shut down their operations by the end of the 2024.

Rappler reviews ties between Zuleika Lopez and Sara Duterte

CHEERS TO Rappler for its report that traced the ties between Zuleika Lopez to and Vice President Sara Duterte. Lopez currently serves as Duterte’s chief of staff. Reviewing past news reports, Bonz Magsambol established the record of her service as Duterte’s city administrator from 2010 to 2013 during which...

Garma escapes! How serious is government’s fight against drugs?

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s “war on drugs” was out to implement the “Davao model” nationwide. Testifying at the House Quad committee hearings, Ret. Police Colonel Royina Garma described the system of cash rewards that went as high as PHP1 million, depending on the drug suspect killed – the most damning...

News5 explains the complexity of Veloso’s transfer

CHEERS TO News5 for its explainer on the impending transfer of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino convicted of drug trafficking in 2010, from Indonesia to the Philippines. The report was the first to discuss the complications confronting Veloso's return, discussing them in the simplest of terms in the vernacular.

PH Media’s lens on US Elections: Geopolitics, Populism, and Economic Impact

ALL EYES were on the United States (US) on November 4 to 8 as the Americans held what the US media had described as the most consequential election in history. On November 5, Republican candidate Donald Trump secured not just the 270 electoral college vote over Democratic candidate Kamala...

Rappler’s report: Duterte’s appearance reveals Senate’s lack of will to hold former president accountable

CHEERS TO Rappler’s two articles on the appearance and testimony of former president Rodrigo Duterte in the October 28 Senate hearing on the war on drugs, the central policy of his administration.

Eleven years after Yolanda: Climate change call for news as platforms of action

SEVERE AND inclement weather in recent weeks highlighted the inadequacy of reporting typhoons as separate and unrelated episodes. Extraordinary climactic events were reported without reference to climate change and its impact on the Philippines and around the world.

PCIJ’s in-depth review maps political dynasties’ grip on power

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its three-part series mapping the pervasiveness of political dynasties in the Philippines and discussing their systemic impact on governance and development.

Quad comm revelations: Rappler makes sense of findings

CHEERS to Rappler for a podcast which made sense of the findings of the “Quad comm” – the four house committees which set out to jointly probe the interrelated aspects of Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war,” the criminal activities of the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) and the continuing drug...

Media fail to highlight meaning of Sara Duterte’s “meltdown”

JEERS TO Manila Bulletin for its report that resorted to simply recording Vice President Sara Duterte’s ‘meltdown” when she called a press conference on October 18. Meanwhile, on social media, the backlash expressed shock and outrage that reflected the general public reaction.