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 Liberal laws, policy gaps: Rappler, ANC question need for Cha-cha to open economy CHEERS TO Rappler and ANC’s Market Edge for reviewing current laws that have opened up the economy to foreign investments. In doing so, the accounts question the purpose of Charter change which has been gaining ground among the administration’s allies in Congress. TV5 contextualizes push for Charter change via people’s initiative CHEERS TO TV5 for its explainer on the controversial push for Charter change (also called Cha-cha) through the mechanism of a people’s initiative. The five-minute report provided the necessary background on the issue and broke down the underlying strategy that sets this current attempt apart from previous undertakings. From the Newsrooms: January 8 to 13, 2024 THE IDEA had been simmering but it broke out for all the public to think about when House Speaker Martin Romualdez took up the need for Charter change (Cha-cha). He recalled two resolutions that had raised the issues earlier in 2023, saying the amendments would focus on economic provisions,... Inquirer.net explains why jeepney drivers, operators defy modernization plan INQUIRER.NET HELPS to explain what is holding back the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). Its report highlighted the perspective of drivers, operators, and other experts who critiqued the program. It also examined the process, the requirements for operators, official guidelines restrictive on small-capacity vehicles, and route rationalization. CMFR... From the Newsrooms: January 1 to 6, 2024 THE POWER disruption that struck Panay Island ended up as a national story. The blackout could have happened elsewhere in the country, warning Filipinos they could be just as easily suffering such days of darkness. From the Newsrooms: December 11 to 16, 2023 BEIJING’S RISING belligerence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has dampened the mood of seasonal merry-making, especially for the Filipino troops stationed in the area and the fisherfolk who have borne the brunt of China’s aggression. Media reports have quoted a security expert describing the shadowing of the country’s... From the Newsrooms, December 4 to 9 THREE MANILA-based broadsheets called attention to continued low ranking of the country, giving the news front-page banner-treatment on December 6 and 7. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star and The Manila Times  reported the Philippines’ dismal performance in the 2022 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a worldwide... Climate talk: Marcos’s contradictory policies on reclamation, energy, mining AS ALL eyes are on the COP28 conference in Dubai, reports in the country continue to highlight climate change and environmental concerns; in the process exposing the Marcos administration’s policy directions on climate issues as inconsistent, even contradictory. MSU blast a grim reminder of 2017 Marawi siege MEDIA DESCRIBED the December 3 bombing at the Dimaporo Gym of the Mindanao State University (MSU) as one of the deadliest terror attacks since the Marawi siege in 2017. The blast killed four people and wounded 50 others during the Catholic Mass on the first Sunday of the Advent... From the Newsrooms: November 27 to December 2, 2023 REPORTS OF a surge of respiratory illnesses in China recall the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019. Hospitals in Northern China, particularly in Beijing and Liaoning, have filled up with sick children. The World Health Organization (WHO) noted that these areas have reported an increase in respiratory infections since mid-October. « Previous1…1516171819…201Next »
