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Exposing Redacted SALNs: Perverting a Tool of Transparency

IN BUILDING up a case to establish a government’s ill-gotten wealth, investigators inevitably turn to the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN) because it is designed... Read more

Squabble in the Senate

Screengrab from CNNPhilippines.com. Squabbling senators led the hearing into a sorry display of disorderly conduct, derailing the attention of the public as well as the media from relevant and salient... Read more

Understanding the Commission on Human Rights

Photo from the Commission on Human Rights official Facebook page ONE HUNDRED nineteen votes was what it took for the House of Representatives to downsize the budget of the... Read more

Flagging More Risks for Youth: DepEd’s Random Drug Tests

THE DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) released on August 8 DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2017 (DO 40, s.2017) which implements the policy of carrying out random drug tests in... Read more

Capitalizing on A Victim’s Grief: GMA-7’s Insensitive Interview

AMID GOVERNMENT claims that it is now safer on the streets, the spate of killings in the war on drugs continues, with more children and minors added... Read more

Still Most Shabulized? TV5’s Aksyon Checks Duterte’s Iloilo Drug Figures

“YOU ASKED for the assignment sa Leyte. Namatay ang mayor doon. You asked for another assignment sa Ozamiz, namatay ang mayor doon, si Parojinog. Ngayon, gusto mo sa... Read more

Fact-checking a Flip-flopping President

THE PRESIDENT’S words become public policy. So when President Duterte says something, media must be quick to examine the impact of his pronouncements. CMFR cheers VERA Files for... Read more

Navigating The Gridlock: The Grab, Uber Mess and Commuter Experience

THE OPERATION in the Philippines in recent years of transportation network companies (TNCs) such as Grab and Uber offered the commuting public a new and welcome option, but... Read more

Reporting the ASEAN Joint Communique: The Radical Shift in PH Foreign Policy

Better late than never. This seems to have been the case with the joint communiqué of the 50th Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Ministerial Meeting held... Read more

Assessing the Government’s ‘Complaint Hotline’

“8888 CITIZENS’ Complaint Hotline,” created by Executive Order No. 6, was launched in August 2016 and institutionalized two months later. It was to be the public’s dedicated line... Read more