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ICC denies PH request to suspend investigation

THE PHILIPPINE government has been consistent in its response to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) investigation of drug-related crimes. Stated repeatedly and with slight variations on the theme, the... Read more

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... Read more

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... Read more

Some media fail to provide background on new BIR Chief

JEERS TO news accounts that reported the appointment of Romeo Lumagui Jr. as the new Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner last November 15 without any reference to the... Read more

Special Treatment or Considerate Handling: PDEA Double Standard Observed in Remulla Son’s Case

THE MEDIA reported the arrest last October 11 of a certain Juanito Jose Diaz Remulla III, who turned to be the son of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla.... Read more

This Week in Media (August 22 to 26, 2022)

AFTER TWO years of a national school lockdown, schools opened with face to face classes on Monday, August 22. Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte... Read more

This Week in Media (July 18 to 22, 2022)

PRESIDENT MARCOS is scheduled to deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25. Media have reported the preparations for the event, including security measures... Read more

MEDIA AND ELECTIONS 2022

THE MEDIA community in the country and in many parts of the world have not engaged much in the collective exercise of questioning how journalists do their work, or... Read more

TV coverage still on the same track; some gave space to voter education as Lacson and Moreno join forces to ask Robredo to withdraw

FOR TEN straight weeks of the campaign period, television coverage did little more than highlight what was said and done during campaign sorties. This period included efforts to devote... Read more

TV Coverage sidelines local elections; spotlights more controversies 40 days to 2022 polls

THE SEVENTH and eight weeks of the campaign period subjected some presidential candidates to more controversies. Changes in some parties ‘ and individuals’ endorsements of candidates, which could make... Read more