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PHP25.14B calamity funds unspent as pandemic rages —Inquirer

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its May 3 breakthrough story on the billions-worth of unspent government calamity funds despite the hospital system’s near collapse and the acute... Read more

Media call out government’s all brawn enforcement of ECQ protocols

CHEERS TO the media for keeping in the public eye the aggressive implementation of the recent enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) with reference to human rights and past quarantine abuses.... Read more

Lack of context in government testing policy

THE PUBLIC clamor for mass testing began as early as March 2020 when the World Health Organization (WHO) advised all countries to “test, test, test” in order to curb... Read more

Media on the questionable arrests of the ‘Human Rights Day 7’

ON DECEMBER 10—Human Rights Day no less—the PNP arrested a journalist and six activists on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives as part of what critics denounced... Read more

The Sub Judice rule and cases of public interest

SEN. LEILA de Lima’s trial has moved at a snail’s pace, dragging on for more than three years since her arrest in February 2017. Charged with conspiracy to commit... Read more

Can’t probe or won’t ?

RODRIGO ROA Duterte talked big about ending corruption in government even during his 2016 campaign. Four years into his term, he has definitely shown a soft side for some... Read more

Another LGU best practice: Inquirer reports Valenzuela’s contact tracing

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for a two-part series that featured a local government’s approach to contact tracing. This important measure against COVID-19 has been underappreciated by the... Read more

Disaster response lacking in anti-COVID-19 measures

AS THE country braces itself for the landfall of Typhoon Rolly, the 18th tropical cyclone to hit the country this year, the government seems at a loss about how... Read more

Is there more to the no-el trial balloon?

THE MEDIA did not quite know what to make of the suggestion. Comelec officials were at the House of Representatives on September 24 to brief lawmakers about its budget... Read more

House leadership brouhaha sidelines budget woes

ALL EYES WERE on the House of Representatives amid rumors of an ouster bid against Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano (1st Dist., Taguig City) because of complaints over the budget... Read more