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Journalist Joe Torres named new PIA chief

JOURNALIST JOSE “Joe” Torres Jr. has been appointed as the new director general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). An award-winning journalist and author, Torres will manage the country’s... Read more

TeleRadyo to end 16-year run, ABS-CBN in new venture with Romualdez firm

THREE YEARS after the closure of ABS-CBN broadcast platforms, the network continues to contract its cable programs due to financial losses. On May 23, the company announced that TeleRadyo... Read more

Infant’s horrific death exposes media’s bias against people who use drugs

JEERS TO some primetime news broadcasts for airing incomplete reports on an infant’s death in Cainta, Rizal, that merely parroted claims by police sources and pursued the drug angle... Read more

Deep dive in WPS: Strong sources support Inquirer’s comprehensive analysis

CHEERS TO Inquirer for the two-part report by Kurt Dela Peña on the issues roiling the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Read more

Tactless media reports continue to reduce human life

JEERS TO some print and online media for treating a human tragedy as mere spectacle. Media failed to report suicide as a public health issue, and ignored guidelines for... Read more

Media sensitivity and awareness warranted in High Court’s landmark ruling on rape

AT THE end of Women’s Month, the Supreme Court (SC) in a 40-page decision ruled on the crime of rape, defining the act as consummated “however slight” the penis... Read more

Inquirer.net misrepresents source in report praising Lacson, Sotto

JEERS TO Inquirer.net for an article heaping praised on Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates Ping Lacson and Tito Sotto for their performance in the recent Comelec “PiliPinas” debates. The piece... Read more

Four years after the siege: Media zoom in on Marawi with various frames of plight and fight

NEARLY A third of the estimated 300,000 people have yet to return home; 330 bodies retrieved from ground zero buried unidentified in cemeteries; 3,000 families displaced continue to live... Read more

Leonen impeachment case: Attempt to reprise Sereno ouster fails

MORE THAN five months after its initial filing, the impeachment case against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen collapsed in total failure last May 27. By a unanimous and... Read more

Holding back: Media split on covering Bong Go’s poor performance in Senate

LAST MAY 20 and 25, neophyte Senator Christopher “Bong” Go struggled to answer veteran politician and Minority Floor Leader Franklin Drilon’s questions about Go’s proposed bills to increase bed... Read more