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 That extra step: How TV Patrol verified Rep. Paolo Duterte’s questionable PHP51-billion infrastructure budget CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for its report that confirmed that Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Duterte received a total of PHP51 billion for infrastructure projects from 2020 to 2022, when his father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, was still in office. From the Newsrooms: January 15 to 20, 2024 MEDIA REPORTED earlier this month the reshuffle in the Department of Agriculture (DA). The retirement of two senior career undersecretaries, Leocadio Sebastian and Domingo Panganiban, caused ranking officials to be shifted around. 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. « Previous1…1617181920…202Next »
