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We will not surrender our freedoms

Today, 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.

Covering the Pandemic

Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic

The Silent Media

Native Advertising: Not just a Problem of One

ROTC as “cure” for mental health problems: Media cite experts to refute DND Claim

CHEERS TO reports which quickly debunked the claim of Secretary of National Defense Carlito Galvez, Jr. who argued for making the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory, because it can help “cure” mental health issues.

Duterte’s Basic Education Report: Media welcome Sara’s admission of deficiencies

SARA DUTERTE’S presentation of a Basic Education Report (BER) was obviously designed to assure the people and the rest of government that she is giving her most serious attention to address the challenges that confront her as Secretary of Education. The report is not part of a regular routine....

Marine Life and Livelihood: Inquirer zooms in on Manila Bay fisherfolk and their plight

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s two-part series focusing on the fisherfolk in Manila Bay and the dangerous effect of quarrying and reclamation projects to both the country’s marine resources and the livelihood of fisherfolk. Published on January 30 and 31, Krixia Subingsubing and Mariejo Ramos questioned the quarrying...

7.6 growth rate in 2022: Print trumpets superlative claims, TV and online news provide more realistic assessment

SEVEN MANILA-based broadsheets featured it as banner story on January 27, echoing the superlative terms used by government to describe the 7.6 percent growth of the country’s economy in in 2022. It was noted as the highest rate recorded in 46 years; or as government further pointed out –...