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Tracking the budget: Media should provide a more comprehensive view

THE 2020 BUDGET has been passed. Alleged last-minute pork insertions amounting to at least PHP 83-billion did not stop the two houses of Congress from ratifying the budget bill... Read more

A lack of media attention: Duterte’s threat against ABS-CBN

TIME IS running out for broadcast giant ABS-CBN. With only three months left before its franchise expires, its fate is in the hands of its two loudest critics: House... Read more

The sacking of Leni: Not really telling it like it is

CMFR HAD cautioned the media against focusing on talking heads in covering Vice President Leni Robredo’s stint as the drug czar, as this would reduce a potential game-changer to... Read more

As PH becomes world’s biggest rice importer: Inquirer spotlights drop in agri employment

THIS YEAR, the Philippines overtook China, the world’s most populous country with a population of 1.4 billion, as the world’s top importer of rice. The media duly reported this,... Read more

Reporting Duterte’s three-day break

RODRIGO DUTERTE is not hale and hearty at 74. But he and Palace officials seem to have taken different perspectives in presenting his health problems to the people. Duterte... Read more

All about ratings: Media milk celebrity family feud

JEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for airing a showbiz interview that took up almost a third of its one-hour newscast on October 22, effectively sidelining the key events and... Read more

Nation’s eyes on Congress: Media should help!

WITHOUT MUCH public attention, Congress railroaded a pork-laden budget, but media held back questions both on the speed of approval and dubious cuts and allocations. Voting 257-6 with no... Read more

African swine fever coverage: Minimizing panic, identifying lapses

THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) confirmed on September 9 that African swine fever (ASF) is in the country. Pigs had been reported dying of then unknown causes, some dumped... Read more

Marginalizing the marginalized: Delayed aid for farmers

IN 2018, typhoons and rice hoarding by cartels led to a rice shortage and soaring rice prices. Government responded with Republic Act (RA) 11203 or the Rice Tariffication Law... Read more

Reporting the missing link: BuCor official’s death and the GCTA racket

CHEERS TO Interaksyon for a quick follow-up, immediately reporting on the possible link between the death of Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) official Ruperto Traya Jr. and the “aborted release”... Read more