We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Evaluating the Impact of ‘War on Drugs’ CHEERS TO Philstar.com for developing an interactive microsite on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs. Published on Sept. 19, 2016, Newslab.Philstar.com examines the administration’s anti-illegal drugs campaign through four main categories of impact â policy, health, poverty and rule of law. Each category includes interactive charts and graphs,... Veloso Execution: Damaging Damage Control THREE MONTHS into the presidency, the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte still has not found a way to speak in one, clear and consistent voice â a failure that confuses the public at a time when so much is going on and the need for clarity is paramount.... Distasteful Headline JEERS TO the Manila Standard for a headline that reeked with sexual innuendo. On Sept. 21, the Manila Standard ran a banner story on the House of Representatives hearing on the alleged involvement of Senator Leila de Lima with the New Bilibid Prison drug syndicate. The headline read... Fact-Checking Duterte’s âShoot-to-Killâ Order CHEERS TO VERA Files for fact-checking a Sept. 14 claim by the Philippines representative to the United Nations that President Rodrigo Duterte did not issue orders for the police to âshoot-to-killâ drug suspects. In âVERA FILES FACT CHECK: No shoot-to-kill order from Duterte?â (Sept. 17), VERA Files looked... Covering Duterteâs Outbursts IT WAS the expletive heard around the world. President Rodrigo Duterte made headlines again on Monday, Sept. 5, when he was reported to have cursed United States President Barack Obama in his answer to a question from media after his pre-departure speech at the Davao International Airport. Duterte was... Sensationalizing a Crime Scene JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2âs Umagang Kay Ganda for sensationalizing a crime caught on camera. The story âLalaki, patay sa pananaksak sa Quezon Cityâ aired during the Sept. 7 episode of the morning program used a video clip of an actual crime being committed. According to the reporter, the... Davao Bombings: Helpful Historical Background CHEERS TO Sun.Star Davao and Rappler for providing a timeline on previous bombings in Davao City in light of the recent attack that shook that city. In an article published Sept. 3, Sun.Star Davao compiled a list of bombing incidents in Davao City since 1981 (âHistory of bombings... Marcos Burial: Keeping Track of a Controversy CHEERS TO Rappler  for consistently covering the controversy over the burial of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani. As the Supreme Court (SC) started hearing oral arguments for and against it on Aug. 31, Rappler posted pieces that discussed the points raised by... The Peace Process: Clarifying Issues, Explaining Concepts CHEERS TO the Peopleâs Alternative Media Network (Altermidya) and Manila Today for publishing articles that help explain the ongoing peace talks between the government and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Altermidya published on Aug. 25 an alphabetical list of issues related to the peace process(âWant peace... Drug War EJKs: Cross-Checking Cayetanoâs Murder, Homicide Stats CHEERS TO Rappler for spotting inaccuracies in Senator Alan Peter Cayetanoâs graph showing a âdrasticâ drop in the number of murder and homicide cases recorded during the first month of President Rodrigo Duterteâs administration compared to the previous years. Rappler also pointed out inconsistencies between Cayetano’s data and that... « Previous1…111112113114115…202Next »
