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Close up on community pantries: Media’s continuing coverage

A BRIGHT spot in the darkness of the pandemic, community pantries brought to life the sense of solidarity among Filipinos from every walk of life. The idea that people... Read more

Saksi fact-checks president’s claim that government did enough

Cheers to GMA-7’s late night newscast Saksi for its sharp and pointed coverage. Joseph Morong presented an 8-minute report that aired on April 17 that was a clear... Read more

Military reacts to Zambrano’s follow up on West PH Sea tension

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN’s Chiara Zambrano for her enterprising coverage of the current situation in the West Philippine Sea. Zambrano had reported in March on the mooring of Chinese vessels... Read more

Rappler reports strong consensus to counter DOH claims; sounds the alarm on country’s health care capacity

CHEERS TO Rappler for detailing the dire state of the healthcare system. The report directly countered the DOH claim that the “health care utilization rate” or the capacity of... Read more

Media call out government’s all brawn enforcement of ECQ protocols

CHEERS TO the media for keeping in the public eye the aggressive implementation of the recent enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) with reference to human rights and past quarantine abuses.... Read more

Philstar.com takes down own report but publishes DOF response

JEERS TO Philstar.com for taking down its own report on the country’s agreements with China while publishing a Department of Finance (DOF) letter protesting its contents. On April 1,... Read more

Why give Harry Roque more screen time?

JEERS TO TV5 for giving Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque more screen time, as though the media were not already providing him too much of that by religiously covering his... Read more

Assessing the economic impact of the failure to control the pandemic

LAST MARCH 15, the Philippines made international headlines with the first anniversary of the world’s longest and most militarized lockdown. Most reports in Philippine media called attention to the... Read more

Media Review

MEDIA DID note the anniversary of the first day of the lockdown in March last year. But reporters did not choose to spend time reviewing all the policy failures... Read more

Government incompetence responsible for delays in vaccine arrivals — media

CHEERS TO Inquirer and Rappler for not letting pass government’s excuse for the delay of the vaccine roll out which presidential spokesperson Harry Roque hyped as a fitting Valentine’s... Read more