Journalism Review Archives | Page 59 of 173

Muddling through aid distribution mess

THE EXTENDED community quarantine (ECQ) has pushed more Filipinos deeper into poverty. The government’s aid has been slow to trickle down and at the rate that things are going,... Read more

Still on COVID-19: A closer look at DOH mass testing

THE COVID-19 pandemic may have caught the world off-guard, but with the right combination of resources and sound policy-making, some countries have addressed the peril more effectively than others.... Read more

GIA not Gallup Inc.: Parroting dubious surveys

PUBLIC OPINION polls are supposed to reflect the people’s sentiments. Thus, polls are an obvious source of information, reviewed and studied by interested parties, like governments, taking their cues... Read more

The news that looks ahead

THE PUBLIC has had little guidance about what to expect after the extended lockdown period for Luzon, which was previously set to end on April 30 but is now... Read more

Focus on the Forgotten: Sad state of the NCMH

MEDIA COVERAGE of the pandemic has rightly placed medical professionals and all health care workers front and center in the news. The group’s vulnerability to the disease is obvious... Read more

Prison outbreak: PCIJ report warns of risk of COVID-19 contagion in the jail system

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for a report posted on April 10 warning of the imminent spread of COVID-19 in one of “the most crowded... Read more

The importance of information in time of pandemic

CMFR CHEERS Cielito Habito for deftly detecting a failure in the government approach to fight COVID-19. From the start of the crisis, none of the public officials seemed inclined... Read more

Lost in the news: The purposes of testing

IT IS not easy for reporters these days to try and make sense of the science of testing the new corona virus, with official sources taking on different, sometimes... Read more

LGUs in action: Cheers to the cities

THE REPORTS on the cities of Iloilo and Baguio provide a record of best practices of local governments outside the capital. Local government officials elsewhere, along with civic and... Read more

Amid the pandemic: News that remembers the forgotten

FOR ALMOST a month now, Filipinos in Luzon have been living the new norm of lockdown, restricted mobility, limited access to goods and services, and all social interaction pursued... Read more