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Covering the May 13 Elections: TV Did the Better Job, But…

NOTHING QUITE highlights the importance of media coverage as the elections in the Philippines, where fraud, vote-buying and violence have marred the political exercise. During the May 13 mid-term... Read more

Beyond Congress: Explaining the Negative Impact of the Budget Deadlock

NO MATTER who wins in the seemingly endless budget row between the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Filipino people will certainly be on the losing end. On... Read more

Passport Data Mess: What’s the Real Problem?

ON JANUARY 8, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin, Jr. tweeted that the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is rebuilding its database from scratch because a former passport contractor “took... Read more

Mindanao’s Road to Peace: Explaining the BOL Plebiscite

THE NEXT step towards ending the 50-year struggle of the Bangsamoro for self-determination, equality and peace, the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) is now in the hands of the people... Read more

Federal Charter Railroaded: Media Missed House Vote Anomalies

AFTER THREE failed attempts at charter change during her own presidency, House Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo may finally get her wish. On its third and final reading, the House... Read more

Why Withdraw? Media Explain IPU Role

Screengrab from ABS-CBN News YouTube account. CHEERS TO ANC’s Dateline Philippines and the Philippine Daily Inquirer for going beyond reporting the reactions of members of Congress to House... Read more

Duterte’s EJK ‘Admission’: Media Yield to Palace Spin

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s blasphemous, sexist, anti-poor tirades, including hate speech, have made enough headlines in the past to make such offensive outbursts almost a cliché. During the oath-taking... Read more

“Cha-Cha” Sans Context: Issues Without Interpretation

A BACKER of charter change (cha-cha) since her own presidency, House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is apparently still deeply committed to the idea. But unlike her predecessor Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez... Read more

Eyes Wide Open While Some Media Turn a Blind Eye to Marcos History

THE GOVERNMENT raised by People Power in 1986 set as one of its goals the recovery of national wealth plundered by Ferdinand Marcos, estimated in the billions. To... Read more

Spotlight on SolGen Calida: The Legal Escape

IN AN ironic twist of fate, it is now Solicitor General Jose Calida’s turn to stand in the spotlight of public scrutiny. Retired businesswoman Jocelyn Acosta-Nisperos filed charges... Read more