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An Alternative Truth?

NEARLY EIGHT months after, the Mamasapano incident once again found its way into the headlines after President Benigno Aquino III announced during a “Meet the Inquirer Multimedia forum” on... Read more

Inaccurate report refers to city as town

JEERS TO CNNPhilippines.com for inaccurately referring to Malolos as a town in two reports posted on September 16. Read more

Slumbook entries as national news

JEERS TO The Manila Bulletin for classifying as national news a story on Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.'s music, food and other preferences. Marcos Jr. Is believed likely to... Read more

Entertainment trivia on the front pages

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and The Philippine Star for prioritizing entertainment news on their front pages. Read more

Adequate, but can still be improved

CHEERS TO the media for giving voice to the plight of Lumad communities whose members have been the victims of killings by paramilitary groups and alleged military elements in... Read more

Reporting the new EDSA traffic scheme:Doing a good job, so far

TO ADDRESS the continuing traffic woes in Metro Manila, Malacañang announced on September 1 that the Philippine National Police-Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) will take over the enforcement of traffic... Read more

Commemorating young heroes

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for running a week-long series regarding young martyrs during the Marcos dictatorship (1972-1986). Read more

One-sided, single sourced

JEERS TO several media organizations for running a one-sided, single sourced story regarding Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s allegedly making a local tourist swallow a cigarette butt. Read more

Reporting the Iglesia ni Cristo Mass Action: Leaving the public uninformed

MEMBERS OF the influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC—literally, Christ’s Church) sect trooped to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Padre Faura street in Manila on August 27, protesting what... Read more

Unverified endorsement

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin and InterAksyon.com for failing to verify the truth of a statement by Communist Party of the Philippines founding chair Jose Ma. Sison allegedly endorsing... Read more