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Covering the Pandemic

Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic

The Silent Media

Native Advertising: Not just a Problem of One

Philstar.com report makes inflation understandable

CHEERS TO Philstar.com for explaining inflation, which affects everyone, starting with what it is, what causes it, and what the Philippine government can do to address it. Published on November 4, the report was timely and comprehensive.

‘Land is Life’: Online media zoom in on plight of IPs amid climate crisis

CHEERS TO Bulatlat, MindaNews, Philstar.com, and Rappler for calling attention to the vulnerability of the country’s Indigenous Peoples (IPs), who are now suffering the consequences of the severe weather conditions arising from climate change in addition to their long struggle to protect their ancestral lands and cultural heritage.

TV programs critique Senate President’s remarks on media freedom

CHEERS TO two television programs for their critique of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri’s remarks against the media. ANC’s Dateline Philippines pointed out his lack of understanding of the role of the press in democracy and dissected the possible impact of his statement while One News’ The Chiefs called...

Percy Lapid slay masterminds identified; Media hardly respond to government’s denial of killing’s chilling effect

THE CASE has proven to be among the most highly publicized of journalist killings in recent years. The huge following of broadcaster Percival Mabasa, better known to his audience as Percy Lapid, has guaranteed continuing and close media attention.

Beyond the Lapid Case: Media examine prison system issues

CHEERS TO Rappler, One News, and ANC for their reports that examined other issues in the wake of the investigation of the killing of broadcaster Percival Mabasa aka Percy Lapid. Most media organizations followed the unfolding investigation which revealed long-standing problems that have plagued the prison system. But the...

Marcos declares four regions in state of calamity; Climate change gains momentum in media coverage

“PAENG” ENTERED the country in time for the long “Undas” weekend and the traditional Catholic celebration of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. The Severe Tropical Storm, with the international name Nalgae, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on October 26. Its track was projected to cover Visayas and...

Government on the Pandemic: Still in the Dark

IT’S BEEN almost three years now since COVID-19 cast the world in a deep crisis, countless lives lost, lengthy lockdowns, economies in stagnation. While the threat has been mitigated by vaccines, boosters and anti-viral treatments, Filipinos remain in the dark about what the government is doing so we can...

TV Patrol focuses on Marawi’s bakwits and still pending reparations

CHEERS TO TV Patrol for revisiting the 2017 Marawi siege, highlighting the situation of the displaced communities or “bakwits” in the city. There are families who are still homeless five years after the government quelled rebel forces on May 23, 2017, declaring the liberation of the country’s most sacred...

This Week in Media (October 17 to 21, 2022)

ON OCTOBER 3, radio broadcaster Percy Lapid was gunned down in Las Piñas City. Lapid is the second journalist to be killed under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s watch, his death happening only a few days before the new chief executive celebrated his 100th day in office. Lapid’s killing was...

This Week in Media (October 10 to 14, 2022)

Justice secretary embroiled in drug controversy