Journalism Review Archives | Page 17 of 174

From the Newsrooms: January 15 to 20, 2024

MEDIA REPORTED earlier this month the reshuffle in the Department of Agriculture (DA). The retirement of two senior career undersecretaries, Leocadio Sebastian and Domingo Panganiban, caused ranking officials to... Read more

Liberal laws, policy gaps: Rappler, ANC question need for Cha-cha to open economy

CHEERS TO Rappler and ANC’s Market Edge for reviewing current laws that have opened up the economy to foreign investments. In doing so, the accounts question the purpose of... Read more

TV5 contextualizes push for Charter change via people’s initiative

CHEERS TO TV5 for its explainer on the controversial push for Charter change (also called Cha-cha) through the mechanism of a people’s initiative. The five-minute report provided the necessary... Read more

From the Newsrooms: January 8 to 13, 2024

THE IDEA had been simmering but it broke out for all the public to think about when House Speaker Martin Romualdez took up the need for Charter change (Cha-cha).... Read more

Inquirer.net explains why jeepney drivers, operators defy modernization plan

INQUIRER.NET HELPS to explain what is holding back the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). Its report highlighted the perspective of drivers, operators, and other experts who critiqued the... Read more

From the Newsrooms: January 1 to 6, 2024

THE POWER disruption that struck Panay Island ended up as a national story. The blackout could have happened elsewhere in the country, warning Filipinos they could be just as... Read more

From the Newsrooms: December 11 to 16, 2023

BEIJING’S RISING belligerence in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has dampened the mood of seasonal merry-making, especially for the Filipino troops stationed in the area and the fisherfolk who... Read more

From the Newsrooms, December 4 to 9

THREE MANILA-based broadsheets called attention to continued low ranking of the country, giving the news front-page banner-treatment on December 6 and 7. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star... Read more

MSU blast a grim reminder of 2017 Marawi siege

MEDIA DESCRIBED the December 3 bombing at the Dimaporo Gym of the Mindanao State University (MSU) as one of the deadliest terror attacks since the Marawi siege in 2017.... Read more

From the Newsrooms: November 27 to December 2, 2023

REPORTS OF a surge of respiratory illnesses in China recall the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2019. Hospitals in Northern China, particularly in Beijing and Liaoning, have filled up with... Read more