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No vax, no ride mess: GMA echoes PNP’s one-sided positive assessment

JEERS TO GMA News Online’s story on the controversial “no vax, no ride” policy, which relied solely on the police and their assessment of the first day of its... Read more

Cayetano, Velasco, and Sara Duterte

SPEAKER ALAN Peter Cayetano (1st Dist., Taguig City) finally tendered his irrevocable resignation and conceded the fight for speakership after an election that gave Rep. Lord Allan Velasco the... Read more

House leadership brouhaha sidelines budget woes

ALL EYES WERE on the House of Representatives amid rumors of an ouster bid against Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (1st Dist., Taguig City) because of complaints over the budget... Read more

Media follow government lead in reporting historic economic recession

THE GOVERNMENT announced the country’s first recession in three decades on August 6. At a press conference, the administration’s economic managers reported that in the second quarter of 2020,... Read more

Media catching on: Government still confused about “mass” testing

GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSONS have among their responsibilities that of projecting a good image of the administration and its officials, primarily the chief executive. But spokespersons who sacrifice clarity and truth... Read more

The pandemic’s economic fallout

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte on March 16 placed Luzon under “enhanced community quarantine,” which restricts the movement of roughly 60 million Filipinos. The quarantine mandated the temporary closure of non-essential... Read more

Deconstructing the administration stand on POGOs

NO ONE seems to agree with President Duterte that Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGOs) are good for the country. And yet no one dares question his judgment to his... Read more

The sacking of Leni: Not really telling it like it is

CMFR HAD cautioned the media against focusing on talking heads in covering Vice President Leni Robredo’s stint as the drug czar, as this would reduce a potential game-changer to... Read more

Quoting Quiboloy: What’s the point?

WHY WASTE the news? Jeers to several media organizations for paying attention to an absurd claim of a founder and leader of a religious group who said that he... Read more

Not newsworthy: Duterte’s slur against Rappler journalists

THREE YEARS into his term, President Rodrigo Duterte’s tirades against his critics and the independent press have become predictable and pointless. They don’t contribute to public understanding of the... Read more