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“Fake news” provision threatens freedom of the press, expression

JOINT STATEMENT We, media organizations, advocates of freedom of the press and of expression, journalists and academics, raise the alarm over the insertion of measures to control free expression... Read more

Tall order? Questions about South Korea travel ban

WITH 64 countries other than China reporting confirmed cases, governments have stepped up efforts to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). South Korea is second only to China in the... Read more

Continuing nCoV coverage: News organizations made a difference

FILIPINO WATCHED with alarm as China grappled with the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus acute respiratory disease (nCoV-ARD). With overseas Filipino workers in China and elsewhere, and the... Read more

POGO Rising: Media Must Take a Closer Look

IS THE Philippines becoming China’s “sin city”? Senator Joel Villanueva expressed this concern as he talked about his intention to file a resolution calling for an inquiry into the... Read more

The Recto Bank “Incident”: Government Narrative Trumps Survivors’ Accounts

ALMOST A month after the incident, public interest has remained fixed on the issues raised by the ramming and sinking of the Filipino fishing vessel in the West Philippine... Read more

Alias Bikoy’s Folly: Media Fail To Get at the Truth

SEVENTEEN DAYS was all it took for Peter Joemel Advincula, alias “Bikoy,” the hooded figure in the controversial “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos, to recant his statements about the involvement... Read more

“Tokhang-Style” Negros Killings: Reports Miss Violence as Policy

THE POLICY of violence was lost in the reporting of the death of 14 farmers in Negros Oriental. Joint operations conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Public... Read more

Hasty Reporting of the “Narco” List

EXPRESSING HIS “trust in the government agencies who (sic) have vetted and validated the narco-list,” President Rodrigo Duterte read the list of politicians who were alleged to be involved... Read more

Against “Red-tagging”: Media Provide Needed Context

LAST JANUARY 7, the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirmed that they were gathering intelligence on members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), a progressive organization of teachers and... Read more

Media Vigilant: Online Reports Note Reenacted Budget’s Link to Corruption

THE PHILIPPINE Congress adjourned this year without approving the 2019 General Appropriations Bill (GAB). Some senators blamed the House of Representatives for submitting the GAB late, citing their colleagues’... Read more