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PH Defenses Down: Tracking Island Development in the South China Sea

Screengrab from GMA News’ Youtube account. CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for an in-depth report on the progress of construction of claimant countries in the South China Sea and to GMA-7 for providing additional visual information. Without military resources, the country faces the challenge of China’s build-up on...

VP Vote Recount: Anonymous, Insider Sources Feed Marcos Propaganda

JEERS TO some media organizations for anonymously sourced reports about the vote recount, particularly votes allegedly lost by Vice President Leni Robredo due to the shading threshold set by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET). The PET is currently recounting votes for vice presidency in the province of Camarines...

Explaining What the Duterte EO Missed

CHEERS TO two news media organizations for explaining on Labor Day what was missing in President Duterte’s executive order (EO) supposedly ending “endo.” While most media accounts reported only the statements and claims of government sources and labor and employer groups, two exceptions provided in-depth perspectives on...

Media Publicity on Names in PDEA Narco List: Unfair and Harmful

JEERS TO several media organizations for making public the names of barangay officials allegedly involved in the illegal drug trade as presented by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) on Monday, April 30. Such public exposure makes them vulnerable to all kinds of pressure, and worse, actual attacks....

The Problem of “Endo”: Missing Links, Unexplored Issues (Updated)

“THE MOMENT I assume the presidency, contractualization will stop.” Then a presidential candidate, Rodrigo Duterte made this promise during the third and last debate among other contenders in April 2016. It was a pledge that pleased the labor sector who for years have clamored for job security, better wages...

Misleading headlines are bad for the press and public

JEERS TO GMA News Online for a misleading headline on a report that suggested that Rappler failed to show up at the Department of Justice (DOJ), as the report tracked the submission by Rappler’s lawyers, their counter affidavit to the tax evasion case filed by the Bureau of Internal...

Context Missing: Reporting the PH-China Joint Exploration Proposal

EVERYONE SHOULD know by now about President Rodrigo Duterte’s “pivot to China.” Media reports have quoted him as citing economic benefits from it, among them loans and partnerships mainly on infrastructure construction. The media have also reported that the Philippines won its case at the International Arbitral Tribunal which...

Connecting Coverage of Economic Gains to the Poor

THE WORLD Bank and the Asian Development Bank expects the Philippines to sustain the 6.7 to 6.9 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth according to their 2018 economic updates. Both reports credited the sustained economic standing to the boost in investments from the Duterte administration’s nationwide infrastructure build up....

Plane-Spotting: Photos to Keep Tabs on China’s Incursion in PH Waters

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA-7 for keeping track of the continuing Chinese activity in the West Philippine Sea through photos (See: “Inquirer Photos Cannot Lie”). On April 18, the Inquirer reported that two Chinese military aircrafts have been photographed on Panganiban (Mischief) Reef, one of the...

Kangaroo Court? Media Supports Attacks on Chief Justice on leave

Chief Justice on leave Maria Lourdes Sereno during the Day of Valor event organized by the Movement Against Tyranny | Photo by Lito Ocampo NEVER MIND the exalted venue, nor the high status of the persons involved. Bickering is always interesting. Consider then how public attention was transfixed by...