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Government’s COVID-19 response: Media must ask for the finer details

FEAR AND restlessness is a natural response to crisis. More so when the crisis involves an epidemic spreading with the speed of the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV). The outbreak... Read more

Making sense of Calida’s second quo warranto

SOLICITOR GENERAL (SolGen) Jose Calida filed a quo warranto petition in the Supreme Court on February 10 asking the high court “to forfeit” ABS-CBN’s franchise, challenging the media and... Read more

One year of rehab for Manila Bay: Beyond coliform readings

A TIMELY question a year after the “Battle for Manila Bay” was launched: Who’s winning? The government kicked off its three-phase and seven-year rehab plan for the once majestic... Read more

Continuing nCoV coverage: News organizations made a difference

FILIPINO WATCHED with alarm as China grappled with the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (nCoV-ARD). With overseas Filipino workers in China and elsewhere, and the... Read more

The nCoV travel ban: Beyond the regional scope

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte ordered a temporary ban on the entry into the Philippines of tourists from China and its special administrative regions of Macau and Hongkong. But some visitors... Read more

News that keeps up with science

JOURNALISTS HAVE demonstrated improved capacity in reporting tropical cyclones and its dangers. Some 20 typhoons a year gives the press a lot of practice. With the eruption of Taal,... Read more

Initial coverage on nCoV threat: Some media organize information better than others

ON DECEMBER 31, 2019, overseas news reported an outbreak of a “mysterious” respiratory disease spreading in China. By January 7, 2020, Chinese health authorities had identified the disease as... Read more

ICC complaint withdrawal: Does it Matter?

ON JANUARY 14, lawyer and International Criminal Court (ICC) complainant Jude Sabio announced that he would withdraw his complaint. He said that he realized the complaint he filed before... Read more

Problematic numbers: Reporting the “Duterte Legacy”

WITH TWO more years to go, the Duterte administration seems overly concerned with drumming up publicity over its legacy. The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) launched a “Duterte Legacy”... Read more

Contextualizing news: TV reports capture irony of Chinese Coast Guard “friendly” visit

WHOAH! IT’S the Philipiine Coast Guard (PCG) making “nice-nice” with the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG). How should any self-respecting journalist report the event? With tongue in cheek or a... Read more