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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (September 15 to 21, 2018)

Manila Bulletin, September 17, 2018 Malaya Business Insight, September 17, 2018 Malaya Business Insight, September 18, 2018 Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 19, 2018 Malaya Business Insight, September 20, 2018... Read more

Only One Big Story at a Time?

ISSUES AND events which deserve attention are often sidelined when a big story breaks and continues to develop. But in this age of multiple media platforms and formats... Read more

Leandro Coronel, 70

COLUMNIST LEANDRO ‘DD’ Coronel died Monday, September 3. He was 70 years old. Coronel was a political columnist for the Manila Bulletin. While an undergraduate student, Coronel applied for... Read more

PH Withdrawal from ICC: Other Issues Distract Media from Oral Arguments

WITH SO many other issues in the news, the media has not kept track of the case filed in the Supreme Court (SC), which relates to the killing of... Read more

Sultan Kudarat Blasts: In-depth Reports Needed

AN IMPROVISED explosive device (IED) went off in a night market in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, August 28, killing three persons and injuring more than 30 others. The... Read more

Who’s Accountable? Media on the Food Shortage Crisis

CONTINUOUS RAINS along with typhoons have affected Philippine agricultural and aqua-cultural harvests this year, resulting in lower supplies and higher prices for such basic commodities as rice and... Read more

Forty-one Days as Chief Justice: A New Norm

THE FALLOUT from the Supreme Court’s (SC) ouster of former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno last June is continuing. On Saturday, August 25, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra announced... Read more

Federalism Faces Uncertain Future: Media Misses Meaning of Cabinet Opposition

DUTERTE INCLUDED among his campaign promises in 2016 the shift to federalism as a way to jump-start government decentralization and the re-distribution of development nationwide. His rhetoric never detailed... Read more

A Misleading Headline about the National ID

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its misleading headline and report that gave the impression that enrolling in the Philippine ID system created by a recently passed... Read more

Staying Relevant: Sunday’s “Light and Easy”

“LIGHT AND easy.” This was how the broadsheet Manila Bulletin described its weekly Sunday edition, which it launched on April 1. It flagged the new approach on a... Read more