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Budget watch: KMJS unpacks unprogrammed appropriations and the debate over corruption risks

CHEERS TO GMA 7’s Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho (KMJS) for presenting the technical and complex national budget issues recently linked to large-scale corruption, with a sharp focus on the... Read more

Rappler and CDN explain the roots of the Binaliw landfill tragedy

CHEERS TO Rappler and Cebu Daily News for moving away from episodic coverage of disaster and instead examining the context of failure that preceded the deadly collapse at the... Read more

Personal attacks in the Senate: Media caught up in Marcos-Lacson verbal feud

JEERS TO the news organizations that carried the word war between Senators Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Jr. and Ma. Imelda Josefa “Imee” Imee Marcos. The squabble was irrelevant to the... Read more

Inquirer.net and Philstar.com probe the underlying politics of Marcos family drama

CHEERS TO Philstar.com and Inquirer.net for their treatment of the family drama involving President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his older sister, Imee; including context, history, and the politics underlying... Read more

A nature reserve in Scarborough: Inquirer.net spotlights China’s continuing expansionism

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net for looking into the new “nature reserve” that China established in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Kurt dela Peña’s report stressed that this should be viewed... Read more

Media on Zaldy Co: Exposing the power behind the flood-control scandal

CHEERS TO Rappler, Philstar.com, and Inquirer.net for their sustained and detailed coverage of Elizaldy “Zaldy” Co – businessman, party-list congressman, and a central figure in the corruption scandal surrounding... Read more

Duterte in the ICC: Much more than a legal case

CHEERS TO Rappler and Bulatlat for doing more than just cite statements of official sources in their coverage of the case of former president Rodrigo Duterte in the International... Read more

Philippine flood-control scandal: Official neglect of people’s lives

IT WAS only in September 2025 that the fraudulent use of flood control funds became public knowledge. The scandal overshadowed other concerns, with the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee providing... Read more

Investigative journalism drives Discaya probe beyond Senate hearings

BILLIONS OF pesos have flowed into flood-control projects over the past decade to favor a small circle of contractors. Many projects exist only on paper, the actual construction proceeding... Read more

2026 National budget: Headlines hit the big numbers

THE SUBMISSION of the MARCOS administration’s PHP6.793-trillion 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) on August 7 grabbed headlines, its historic size duly highlighted, a budget consistent with constitutional requirements and... Read more