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 Media Review APRIL may have ushered in the Easter season, which in this country is a time of joy, family reunions and holiday travel. But in 2021, it proved to be the “cruelest month.” Military reacts to Zambrano’s follow up on West PH Sea tension CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s Chiara Zambrano for her enterprising coverage of the current situation in the West Philippine Sea. Zambrano had reported in March on the mooring of Chinese vessels around the Julian Felipe Reef, pointing out that by month’s end, 44 still remained in the area but around 200... Rappler reports strong consensus to counter DOH claims; sounds the alarm on country’s health care capacity CHEERS TO Rappler for detailing the dire state of the healthcare system. The report directly countered the DOH claim that the “health care utilization rate” or the capacity of the hospitals and other health centers to cater to COVID-19 patients has “improved.” It zeroes in on DOH’s lack of... Media call out government’s all brawn enforcement of ECQ protocols CHEERS TO the media for keeping in the public eye the aggressive implementation of the recent enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) with reference to human rights and past quarantine abuses. Because of a record-breaking surge in Covid-19 cases, the government placed Metro Manila, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Bulacan under ECQ... Philstar.com takes down own report but publishes DOF response JEERS TO Philstar.com for taking down its own report on the country’s agreements with China while publishing a Department of Finance (DOF) letter protesting its contents. On April 1, Philstar.com published an article titled “China projects in Philippines found riddled with ‘secretive conditions’”. It claimed that the country’s contracts... Media Review Every two weeks, CMFR will provide a quick recap of the media coverage of the biggest stories or issues, noting the same slips that our monitors have been doing. We intend this as a quick mapping of news, providing a guide for journalists and identifying gaps in reporting, the... Tracking the vaccine roll-out CHEERS TO News.ABS-CBN.com for creating an interactive vaccine tracker embedded in its reports on the vaccine roll-out. Unheard grievances, rising cases: Rappler spotlights government rank and file CHEERS TO Rappler for looking at administration officials’ inability to protect their own ranks against COVID-19, which has obviously contributed to the surge in cases in the capital where most national government agency headquarters are located. Why give Harry Roque more screen time? JEERS TO TV5 for giving Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque more screen time, as though the media were not already providing him too much of that by religiously covering his daily press briefings and interviews. Assessing the economic impact of the failure to control the pandemic LAST MARCH 15, the Philippines made international headlines with the first anniversary of the world’s longest and most militarized lockdown. Most reports in Philippine media called attention to the spike in the numbers of cases in the past weeks which led to localized lockdowns. « Previous1…5859606162…203Next »
