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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

Petitions vs Marcos Jr.: No fool’s errand

CHEERS TO VERA Files for directing public attention to the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) procedures in resolving petitions to cancel an aspirant for public office’s candidacy or in disqualifying a candidate. Looking at four petitions, which either want to cancel the COC or disqualify outright presidential hopeful Ferdinand “Bongbong”...

Philstar.com fact-checks and analyzes political clans’ power move

CHEERS TO Philstar.com for correctly pointing out how the ‘UniTeam’ Alliance is driven by the goal of ensuring “access to government power” by the political families leading the group. Most media reports merely recorded the statements they made, but Philstar.com went further, quickly fact-checking what their leaders said.

This Week in Media (November 22 to 26, 2021)

THE DUTERTE administration continues to be a source of deep shame among concerned Filipinos for its continued display of incompetence, the lack of coordination among key officials, and the country’s loss of sovereignty over its own territory.

This Week in Media (November 15 to 19, 2021)

AS IF local drama series on TV were not enough, the withdrawals and substitutions involving members of the Duterte family and their allies took over news coverage during the weekend, carrying over the expectations about who would run and who would back out November 15, Monday, the last day...

Lascañas’ ICC affidavit: No laughing matter

CHEERS TO Rappler for its comprehensive series on retired Davao City police officer Arturo Lascañas’ International Criminal Court (ICC) affidavit.

Only some media report presidential ‘term-sharing’ scheme as unconstitutional

CHEERS TO the media reports that called the “possible term-sharing” of political aspirants Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte-Carpio as unconstitutional.

This Week in Media (November 8 to 12, 2021)

WE MIGHT be looking at a “better Christmas” with the downward trend in COVID cases, but there is still a lot of uncertainty about the future.

A long and challenging look at the quest for Olympic gold

CHEERS to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for a two-part story on the country’s Olympians and their winning the gold at the Tokyo Olympics. The series saw print on October 31 and on November 7. It was written by Atom Araullo, who recalled the triumphal performance of...

Philstar.com spotlights issues faced by ‘Yolanda’ survivors, eight years after

CHEERS TO Philstar.com for its two-part series on the state of ‘Yolanda’ survivors eight years after the disaster. The first part reminded the public issues on relocation and resettlement that remain vexed with problems for those who had to flee their homes in vulnerable coastal sites. The second part...

This Week in Media (November 1 to 5, 2021)

WILL THE Philippines have a “better Christmas?” The downgrading of the capital’s Alert Level from 3 to 2 effective November 4, the lifting of curfews and the increased capacity of public transport to 70 percent allow greater mobility as the Filipino public embraces the holiday season. Media also reported...