Journalism Review Archives | Page 55 of 173 | CMFR
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Cheers! Philstar.com documents poor Senate record as watchdog against abuse
ONLY TWO senators dissented when the Senate passed its third and final version of the Anti-Terrorism Bill in February, amidst protests about the potential for abuse in the implementation... Read more
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Can’t probe or won’t ?
RODRIGO ROA Duterte talked big about ending corruption in government even during his 2016 campaign. Four years into his term, he has definitely shown a soft side for some... Read more
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Another LGU best practice: Inquirer reports Valenzuela’s contact tracing
CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a two-part series that featured a local government’s approach to contact tracing. This important measure against COVID-19 has been underappreciated by the... Read more
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Three typhoons in a row: Too much for government and for media
IN A period of three weeks, three destructive typhoonshit the country like a chain of bad luck. Typhoon Quinta made landfall in Quezon in late October and swept through... Read more
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Sensational treatment, lack of facts mar report on RTC shooting
JEERS TO several media outfits that made a spectacle out of the fatal shooting of a regional trial court judge allegedly by her clerk of court in Manila. Breaking... Read more
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Rappler brings to light military’s dangerous behavior online
THE DUTERTE administration’s fight against communist insurgency has taken to social media platforms as a frontline of action. As the military justifies its “information war” to help quell insurgency,... Read more
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MIA again: Duterte “at home” during 2020’s strongest typhoon
CRITICS ON social media were quick to call out the president’s conspicuous absence in government’s response to Super Typhoon Rolly. The world’s strongest tropical cyclone this year ravaged Southern... Read more
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Crackdown on corruption? Few reports question Duterte’s “mega task force”
ADMITTING THAT corruption persists under his term, President Rodrigo Duterte on October 27 instructed the Department of Justice to investigate allegations of corruption “in the entire government.” Speaking in... Read more
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More terror from anti-terrorism law’s IRR
WITH 37 PETITIONS filed before the Supreme Court questioning its constitutionality, the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA)has become one of the most contested laws in recent history. After it was signed... Read more
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Disaster response lacking in anti-COVID-19 measures
AS THE country braces itself for the landfall of Typhoon Rolly, the 18th tropical cyclone to hit the country this year, the government seems at a loss about how... Read more