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 Gains and Losses: Media review foreign SWF practices CHEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras, VERA Files, and Rappler for reports that reviewed how other countries manage their respective Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF). While the media correctly produced explainers on the issue and interviewed experts who provided the public more information and opinion, the three news accounts stood out... Maharlika wealth fund invites public scrutiny ANYONE CLOSELY watching the media since December began would not have missed the Maharlika Wealth Fund (MWF) proposed by the House of Representatives and backed by the government’s economic team. No other bill filed under the new Marcos administration has invited as much public scrutiny and criticism from individuals... A Step Towards Justice: Media Report “Drug War” Victim’s Corrected Cause of Death Certificate CHEERS TO reports which called attention to the need for truth and accuracy in the documentation of deaths involved in Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war.” Going back to the falsification of a death certificate of a drug war casualty in 2016, these news accounts confirmed that official documents are not... Five women, five stories, one struggle: Bulatlat shares lived realities of human rights defenders CHEERS TO Bulatlat for two follow-up stories posted on November 29 and December 1, which deserve the same recognition as the first three stories on women human rights defenders that CMFR previously cheered. The report was in fitting observance of International of Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day on November... Five women, five stories, one struggle: Bulatlat shares lived realities of human rights defenders CHEERS TO Bulatlat for its report on five women and their struggle to defend human rights in the country. It was in fitting observance of International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day in November. Their lives are embodiments of the courage to keep up the fight for human rights —... “Sovereign wealth fund” proposed; Agri product prices rise as holidays near THE WEEK closed with the proposed “sovereign wealth fund” making headlines, with stories based mainly on what Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno had to say about it – that it was proposed during the Duterte administration and has now received the go-signal of President Marcos Jr. One Balita Pilipinas interview bares government ignorance of SOGIE and LGBT rights CHEERS TO One PH’s One Balita Pilipinas for its interview on November 21 countering the skewed and discriminatory statements of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla. The interview asked a representative of the LGBT community to react to expressions of official discrimination against LGBT people. It also helped educate the... Rappler reports expanded mining operations in Mindanao CHEERS TO Rappler’s two-part report on the large-scale operations of mining companies across Mindanao. The expansion of these activities is based on those companies’ belief that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is mining-friendly. Life in Liberty: PCIJ report argues for giving hope to PDLs CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism’s (PCIJ) report calling attention to various life and career programs designed to give persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) a second chance. Media report tension in West Philippine Sea as US VP visits Palawan “A HISTORIC visit” was how news reports described US Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Palawan on November 22. Harris is the first and highest-ranking US government official to visit the island province, the most proximate to the maritime areas of high tension caused by the contentious activities there... « Previous1…3132333435…202Next »
