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News that keeps up with science

JOURNALISTS HAVE demonstrated improved capacity in reporting tropical cyclones and its dangers. Some 20 typhoons a year gives the press a lot of practice. With the eruption of Taal,... Read more

Contextualizing news: TV reports capture irony of Chinese Coast Guard “friendly” visit

WHOAH! IT’S the Philipiine Coast Guard (PCG) making “nice-nice” with the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG). How should any self-respecting journalist report the event? With tongue in cheek or a... Read more

Metro Manila Police district chief takes reporter’s phone, deletes video

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Metro Manila’s Southern Police District (SPD) Chief took the cellphone of GMA 7 TV reporter Jun Veneracion he was using to video an altercation between police officers... Read more

Cesar Apolinario, 46

GMA-7 REPORTER, host and director Cesar Apolinario passed away on December 13, 2019. He was 46. In August this year, he was diagnosed with lymphoma or cancer of the... Read more

Was Media to Blame for the “Muddle in Manila”?

THE OPENING of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games followed days of embarrassment for its organizers as headlines around the world highlighted the lack of planning and plain incompetence... Read more

Unnecessary depiction of violence

JEERS TO media reports of 24 Oras, State of the Nation with Jessica Soho (SONA), CNNPhilippines.com and Rappler for the use of unfiltered videos in their coverage of the... Read more

Explaining the transportation crisis

CHEERS TO 24 Oras for the spotlight it shone on the transportation woes that millions of commuters in Metro Manila and from neighboring provinces endure on a day-to-day basis.... Read more

Nation’s eyes on Congress: Media should help!

WITHOUT MUCH public attention, Congress railroaded a pork-laden budget, but media held back questions both on the speed of approval and dubious cuts and allocations. Voting 257-6 with no... Read more

The traffic problem: Can media help?

HOW WILL the government solve Metro Manila’s worsening traffic problem? The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is running out of ideas. And it seems all media can do is... Read more

ABS-CBN’s Esguerra receives 2019 CMFR Award of Distinction; Rappler’s Evangelista is 2019 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

Christian Esguerra of ABS-CBN Corporation received from the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) the Award of Distinction during the annual Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar held this... Read more