Philippine Daily Inquirer Archives | Page 44 of 56 | CMFR
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Looking Back at the Lumad
CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for following up on the plight of the Manobos in Surigao del Sur months after the killing of community leaders forced them to... Read more
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Reporting ‘Tanim-Bala’: The Need to Go Deeper
On September 18, Filipino-American Rhed Austria de Guzman recounted on Facebook her experience at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), alleging that airport personnel found two bullets in her... Read more
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APEC 2015 Coverage: Still Inadequate After All These Years
WHEN THE Philippines hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit the first time in 1996, it was touted as a coming out party for the administration of then president... Read more
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Insiders as sources for unofficial Supreme Court decisions (UPDATED)
JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Interaksyon.com, and The Manila Times for reporting on yet to be released – hence, unofficial -- Supreme Court decisions and... Read more
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Duterte Mania and Human Rights: A Disturbing Lapse in Coverage
OF ALL the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, Davao City has garnered probably every accolade out there: the most livable city, the most environment-friendly city, the city with... Read more
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Reporting Metro Manila’s long-term traffic solutions: Media drops the ball
IN EARLY September, the government presented what it called an “action plan” meant to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila. The plan had three approaches: 1) management and... Read more
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Covering ‘Lando’: Lessons learned
GOVERNMENT RESPONSE to Typhoon Lando (International name: Koppu) demonstrated the improved level of disaster preparedness in the country. Government support has made possible more accurate forecasting by the Philippine... Read more
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Premature conclusion, editorializing
JEERS TO some media organizations for prematurely concluding that it was New People’s Army guerillas who killed a town mayor in Agusan del Sur and his son, and for... Read more
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Media focus on celebrities and trivia in reporting the filing of COCs
THE FILING of certificates of candidacy (COC) on October 12 to 16 signaled the start of the election year.Presumably serious political aspirants flocked to the national and local offices... Read more


