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Detainee’s Death Drives Media to Question Duterte’s Crackdown on Tambays

PRESENTED AS an effort to curb criminality, the president’s order to crackdown against “tambays” was given in a speech on June 13. He referred to loiterers as “potential trouble for the public,” cautioning that if they did not go home, he will have them sent to Pasig with...

Confused or Clueless About Norway’s Role? Why Blame the Media?

AT A regular press briefing in Malacañang on June 18, reporters asked Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque about the peace talks with the Left which has been the subject of news accounts since last week. Roque talked about President Rodrigo Duterte’s intention to resume the talks in the Philippines instead...

No More Fish in the Sea: Masinloc Fisherfolk Speak Up

OBSCURE DIPLOMACY aside, there are other aspects of China’s presence in Philippine waters worth reporting. The plight of the fishermen, harassed or taunted, even prevented, by Chinese vessels from their livelihood, had called the attention of the media in the past. Government had so far assured the...

Keeping the eye on National ID’s Benefits and Potential Threats

CHEERS TO Rappler for its sustained coverage of the national ID system. Previously, CMFR observed that media coverage on the national ID system has cited mostly support for the system. With few sources to discuss the risks and dangers, opposing views were hardly heard (See: “Biased Reporting on National ID...

Beyond the Police Blotter: Nine Killed in Matalam

CHEERS TO online news site MindaNews for calling more attention to the encounter in Matalam, North Cotabato on May 25 and 26. Going beyond the surface details of the police report on the incident, its account raises questions and expands the scope of the inquiry into its causes and...

Getting Real on NEDA’s Family Budget

THE NATIONAL Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Finance (DOF) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) held a press briefing on June 5, 2018 to discuss issues involved in the skyrocketing inflation rate. At 4.6%, the rate of increase in consumer rate hit a new...

Chinese-Filipinos and the Duterte Pivot to China

THE CURRENT current administration claims that President Rodrigo Duterte’s pivot to China will boost the country’s economy and help modernize the Philippines’ infrastructure. Duterte’s meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping have yielded pledges of loans, grants and other forms of aid. A Rappler report on Duterte’s meetings with “Chinese”...

Another UN Rapporteur Speaks: Media Misses the Point, Lacks Context

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has nothing but feisty words for anyone who dares comment on or question his style of governance, especially when the critic is a foreigner. During his press conference on June 4 before his departure for South Korea, a visibly irate Duterte chastised Diego García-Sayán, United...

Boracay: From Tourist Spot to Land Reform Area

ALMOST TWO months since the island’s shutdown on April 26, President Rodrigo Duterte has turned the rehabilitation of Boracay into a land reform project. Speaking to the press before his departure for South Korea on June 3, the president said: “So ibigay ko na iyan sa mga...

Duterte’s Spectacle in Seoul: What Media should do about the Gimmick

THE PRESIDENT’S sexist remarks and off-color jokes have drawn flak from many quarters since he launched his candidacy. Officials of his administration have tried their best to mollify critics with all kinds of banal explanations, trying to give a positive spin to what the president said, reinterpreting what...