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Women political prisoners prove Duterte’s misogyny

CHEERS TO Bulatlat for calling attention to one more aspect of the country’s failed penal system. Its two-part special report revisited a long-standing issue: the plight of women... Read more

News5 interview with Aimee Marcos: Unmentioned family ties

ON JULY 4, News5 entertainment correspondent MJ Marfori reported on One Balita Pilipinas – a program of News5’s affiliate channel One PH – that she had done an exclusive... Read more

GMA News Online checks Marcos Jr.’s dismissal of PSA’s inflation figure

CHEERS TO GMA News Online’s report that provided the necessary critique in the story. Asked by a reporter for comment on the reported 6.1 percent inflation rate for June... Read more

ABS-CBN provides timeline of Marcoses’ strategy

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s NXT video report that detailed how the Marcoses assured their return to Malacañang, 36 years after the ouster of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Read more

MindaNews calls out low priority given to Mindanao peace agenda

CHEERS TO MindaNews for calling attention to the Bangsamoro peace process in Mindanao, an urgent issue that the Marcos Jr. administration has made no attempt to address. A report... Read more

Fact-checked: Media counter Marcos inaugural claims

CHEERS TO several media organizations for challenging dubious claims in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s inaugural address. Rappler, Baguio Chronicle, News5, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), and Vera Files... Read more

Rappler lists reports on Duterte’s drug war

CHEERS TO Rappler for its compilation of reports that reviewed former President Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war.” The report echoed the message of human rights advocates now that the strongman... Read more

This Week in Media (June 27 to July 1, 2022)

FINALLY OFFICIAL: Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. assumed his post as the 17th president of the Philippines. On June 28, the Supreme Court ruled to dismiss with finality motions questioning... Read more

Media explain end of energy exploration talks with China

CHEERS TO the media organizations that supported with expert analysis their reports on the end of Philippines-China energy exploration talks. Radyo5 and ANC’s interviews explained how the move prevented... Read more

Two Bulletin “reports” were no more than PR pieces

JEERS TO the Manila Bulletin for wasting space on two PR pieces it passed off as journalism. Both were so blatantly in the interest of the objects of praise... Read more