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Summary Killings: Fatal Impact on Rule of Law

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for running an editorial that looked at the recent spate of summary killings and its impact on rule of law. On... Read more

All the President-Elect’s Men: Who Are They?

A PRESUMPTIVE PRESIDENT or even president-elect publicly identifying the people he wants to play a key role in his administration may well serve purpose that the press could... Read more

Misleading headline

JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for using the misleading verb “snub” in a report on the proclamation of the incoming president and vice president which Davao City Mayor... Read more

Mischaracterizing Purisima: Arrested, Nabbed or Surrendered?

JEERS TO several media organizations for the headlines in reports that mischaracterized the “arrest” — or “surrender” — of former Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima,... Read more

Trillanes vs. Duterte: Asking the Tough Questions

ON APRIL 27, based on information provided by vice presidential aspirant and incumbent Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, the Philippine Daily Inquirer broke a story on Davao City Mayor... Read more

THE FEBRUARY election monitor of CMFR had already noted the ties that could possibly explain the favorable media mileage senatorial aspirant Martin Romualdez has been getting, particularly in The... Read more

Covering the Bangladesh Bank Heist: Missed Opportunity

NEARLY THREE months have passed since the Bangladesh government lost millions of dollars in what seemed to be an elaborate bank heist orchestrated by hackers in February. While... Read more

Reports on Local Elections: Scant and Superficial

THE CAMPAIGN period for the local elections officially began on March 27, Easter Sunday, as Filipinos capped the observance of Holy Week when the nation takes official break from... Read more

Perverting the Party-List System

THE PARTY-LIST system was institutionalized through Republic Act 7941 in 1995 to assure marginalized sectors of society of representation in Congress. The law uses the word “under-represented” to refer... Read more

Reporting the Kidapawan Clash: Lots of Questions

THE VIOLENCE that erupted in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, on April 1, when police officers opened fire on protesting farmers and activists, is one of those events that... Read more