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Unsafe

CHEERS TO various news organizations for providing background reports on the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) instead of the usual day-to-day coverage of the revived issue. Pending a... Read more

Cold line

CHEERS TO abs-cbnNEWS.com for a Feb. 3 report that demonstrated in practice journalism’s being a discipline of verification. The story reported that the “24/7” hotline of the Department of... Read more

Online monitors

Cover-up CHEERS TO VERA Files for providing an analysis of government actions related to the return of former Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante and the charges... Read more

TV Monitors

Zooming in the Zulkiflis Following the beheading of 10 Marines in Basilan, media resurrected allegations of a link between the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front... Read more

Online Monitor

Death by interview INSTEAD OF shedding light on issues surrounding transsexuals, GMANews.TV’s Aug. 22 webcasts fostered sexist views through unnecessary and crass questions. The interviewer was so unprepared for... Read more

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Covering a word war SUN.STAR CEBU looked at the bigger picture in the word war between Cebu City south district congressional candidate Jonathan Guardo and the ruling party Bando... Read more

Online Monitors

Assessing the party-list system Bulatlat wrote an informative and insightful two-part special report that focused on a very crucial question as this year’s elections draw near: “Nine years after... Read more

Online Monitors

Looking for context The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) posted a report in its blog last Feb. 9 about the luxury cars owned by some congressmen. “If you... Read more

Online Monitor

Something to think about FOR ITS year-ender, Davao Today gave local government authorities something to think about. The paper looked into the housing problems of urban-poor dwellers in Davao... Read more

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A forgotten sector How are our farm and plantation workers doing? Davao Today and Bulatlat say their future is bleak because of unfair labor practices and harassment. Davao Today’s... Read more