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Silent on Local Polls: TV Still Hot on the National Campaign Trail, Puff Pieces Still Dominate Print

THE LOCAL campaign kickoff on March 29 helped increase election-related reports, but brought little improvement to the reportage on the campaign. Most of the reports on TV were still... Read more

Hasty Reporting of the “Narco” List

EXPRESSING HIS “trust in the government agencies who (sic) have vetted and validated the narco-list,” President Rodrigo Duterte read the list of politicians who were alleged to be involved... Read more

All Aboard the Campaign Train: Nothing New, Hardly Relevant Coverage

FEBRUARY 12, the official start of the 2019 campaign, pushed into high gear media’s coverage of the May 19 midterm elections. But there was little that actually helped the... Read more

Investigative Reports Needed on the Influx of Foreign Workers

A FORMER columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, who is now special envoy to China, drew flak for saying during a TV interview on March 7 that Chinese workers... Read more

Media Warned About Spurious “Survey Results”

ON MARCH 8, five Manila broadsheets –The Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Manila Standard, The Manila Times and Daily Tribune — reported that the senatorial candidate, Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go... Read more

Media Focus on Urgent Public Health Issues

CHEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras and I-Witness for calling attention to some of the most urgent public health issues in a series of reports and a documentary that aired... Read more

Reporting the Hearing on Foreign Workers: More Information Needed

THE CREATION of enough jobs for Filipinos has challenged every administration. The Philippine Statistics Authority’s October 2018 Labor Force Survey recorded a 5.1 percent unemployment rate. The Social Weather... Read more

Paalam, Filipino? Unanswered Questions on CHED Memo 20

ON NOVEMBER 10, the Supreme Court (SC) lifted the 2015 temporary restraining order (TRO) on the implementation of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum 20. It upheld the removal of... Read more

Imelda’s Graft Conviction: Knowledge of Legal Procedures a Must in Reporting the Case

MEDIA’S EYES may have been on Imelda Marcos, but reports may have missed the legal issues. The Sandiganbayan 5th division found former First Lady and incumbent Ilocos Norte... Read more

The Drugs That Got Away: Questions Linger on Multibillion-Peso Drug Shipment

Photo from PDEA Top Stories Facebook page. THE MONTHS-LONG blame game between the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) over the loss of PHP... Read more