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GMA News Probes Integrity of Evidence in Drug Ops

CHEERS TO GMA News for a report that returned to a major aspect of police conduct in the government’s war on drugs. In a story that aired both on GMA-7’s 24 Oras and GMA News TV’s State of the Nation with Jessica Soho, reporter Mariz Umali looked into...

A Misleading Headline about the National ID

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its misleading headline and report that gave the impression that enrolling in the Philippine ID system created by a recently passed law is voluntary. The Inquirer report, published in its print edition on August 9, carried the headline “National ID won’t...

Flyby Chopper Mishap: More than just an Embarrassing Booboo!

MEDIA CAPTURED the costly mishap involving a brand-new Philippine National Police (PNP) helicopter on Wednesday, August 8. Flying low, the chopper whipped up enough wind to knock over an LED screen that had been set up to project visuals for the program, blowing away some tents during the...

Batasan 4: Missing the Real Story

REPORTING ON the arrest order for the “Batasan 4,” most media accounts did not seem to find anything strange or surprising about four public figures being hunted down as murderers by the police. These included three former government officials and one incumbent head of a national agency of...

Staying Relevant: Sunday’s “Light and Easy”

“LIGHT AND easy.” This was how the broadsheet Manila Bulletin described its weekly Sunday edition, which it launched on April 1. It flagged the new approach on a re-designed front page with a note:“Light, easy and inspiring – this is how we want your Sunday read to be....

Proposed Joint PH-China Oil and Gas Exploration: Where’s the Framework?

BEFORE LEAVING for the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Singapore, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said in a July 31 press briefing that the Philippine government offered to China a “starting proposition” of a 60-40 profit-sharing scheme in the joint oil and gas exploration of the West Philippine...

Furthering a Hidden Agenda?

HAVING BARELY survived past controversies, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who’s been a member of the House of Representatives since 2010, is now Speaker of the House. But from her take-over of that post during the president’s State of the Nation Address to the three-way minority war that ensued,...

House Shakeup: Media Misses Meaning of Minority Power

WHO IS the real minority? Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s installation as House Speaker on July 23 saw her long time supporters appointed quickly to key positions: Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr. (1st district, Camarines Sur) as the new majority leader, Romeo Prestoza, former head of Presidential Security Group as sergeant-at-arms...

Eagle Eyes on Arroyo’s Return to Power

IN A running commentary of the SONA event, a news anchor let slip her view of the change of leadership in the House of Representatives, saying it was a vindication of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as cameras dutifully focused on the subject. On the same night in social media,...

Duterte’s Health: Few Media Point Out Public’s Right to Know

LATE ON July 22, the eve of President Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), news online reported that the president had gone to Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City, citing Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque as source. Roque said it was a “routine” check-up which took...