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WPS in 2024: Media must shift to report on WPS policy under Marcos Jr.

FOR SIX years, Rodrigo Duterte cozied up to Beijing, claiming economic gains for the country as his purpose. But his conduct and statements reflected the vassal of Beijing that... Read more

The POGO story as a political story

AMONG THE most prominent stories of the year, the illegal Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) showed up the weakness of the government's capacity to enforce the law and to... Read more

Looking back to move forward

CMFR has taken the short style, or the minimalist mode to fulfill this annual exercise, presenting brief reviews of four thematic concerns that were given the most prominence in... Read more

Roque flees to UAE: Rappler shows up the fugitive’s route to evade the law

CHEERS TO Rappler for its report on the qualified human trafficking complaint against Harry Roque and how this would proceed now that Roque has fled the country. Read more

Star, Inquirer editorials emphasize urgency of dismantling POGOs

CHEERS TO the editorials of The Philippine Star and Philippine Daily Inquirer that highlighted the criminality involved in Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), stressing the need to fully shut... Read more

Rappler reviews ties between Zuleika Lopez and Sara Duterte

CHEERS TO Rappler for its report that traced the ties between Zuleika Lopez to and Vice President Sara Duterte. Lopez currently serves as Duterte’s chief of staff. Reviewing past... Read more

Garma escapes! How serious is government’s fight against drugs?

PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte’s “war on drugs” was out to implement the “Davao model” nationwide. Testifying at the House Quad committee hearings, Ret. Police Colonel Royina Garma described the system... Read more

News5 explains the complexity of Veloso’s transfer

CHEERS TO News5 for its explainer on the impending transfer of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino convicted of drug trafficking in 2010, from Indonesia to the Philippines. The report... Read more

Rappler’s report: Duterte’s appearance reveals Senate’s lack of will to hold former president accountable

CHEERS TO Rappler’s two articles on the appearance and testimony of former president Rodrigo Duterte in the October 28 Senate hearing on the war on drugs, the central policy... Read more

Eleven years after Yolanda: Climate change call for news as platforms of action

SEVERE AND inclement weather in recent weeks highlighted the inadequacy of reporting typhoons as separate and unrelated episodes. Extraordinary climactic events were reported without reference to climate change and... Read more