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Rush to Approve: National Budget for 2020

PASSED IN a rush by the House, Senate rushes to approve. THE PHP4.1 trillion 2020 General Appropriations Act has been flagged by several lawmakers for its questionable insertions as... Read more

Mega Rehab Center Woes: Addict Rehabilitation Not a Government Priority

THE KILLING of alleged drug users and petty traders makes the news on a daily basis, but the rehabilitation of drug addicts remains underreported. Few media reports have... Read more

Information Access: On Paper but Not in Practice

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for reporting the failure of some government agencies to respond to its requests for information on the conduct of... Read more

Explaining “liquefaction”

Cheers to ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for an informative report on liquefaction— one of the hazards that could result from a strong earthquake. Read more

Fire protection? What’s that?

Cheers to ABS-CBN 2's TV Patrol for reviewing the current state of fire protection in the country and for looking into the unused 2 billion pesos budget of the... Read more

Appeal to take necessary actions against a Zamboanga del Norte police officer (UPDATED)

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) wrote the Department of Interior and Local Government to to take necessary actions against a police director involved in unjustly arresting... Read more

Being pro-active

JOURNALISTS AND media advocacy groups have for years been urging a stop to the Philippine National Police and other government investigating bodies’ long-standing practice of presenting crime suspects to... Read more