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Remembering Martial Law: Media Repudiate Attempts to Revise History

THOUSANDS OF protesters from different groups and sectors gathered at Manila’s Luneta Park last September 21, united by the call “never forget, never again” to Martial Law.... Read more

The Duterte Talk Show: Media Saw Through the Subterfuge

MALACAÑANG ANNOUNCED last September 10 President Rodrigo Duterte’s desire to “speak to the nation.” But Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque did not disclose what he would be talking about... Read more

Media on Trillanes’ Amnesty: Quick Resistance in Aid of Democratic Values

CHEERS! THE media has responded quickly to President Duterte’s most recent attempt to silence a critic, exposing the voiding of the grant of amnesty to Senator Antonio Trillanes... Read more

PH Withdrawal from ICC: Other Issues Distract Media from Oral Arguments

WITH SO many other issues in the news, the media has not kept track of the case filed in the Supreme Court (SC), which relates to the killing of... Read more

ABS-CBN Broadcaster Named 2018 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

JEFF CANOY of television network ABS-CBN’s Integrated News and Current Affairs is the 2018 Marshall McLuhan Fellow. He received a glass trophy from the Embassy of Canada’s Ambassador to... Read more

Six Journalists to Discuss Coverage of Issues in 2018 Jaime V. Ongpin Seminar

SIX JOURNALISTS from television, print and online news organizations will discuss in the 2018 Jaime V. Ongpin Seminar their coverage of a number of issues of national concern... Read more

From Friend to Foe? Duterte Criticizing China on Treatment of PH Military

Screengrab from Inquirer.net. On July 31, the Associated Press (AP) reported that Philippine military aircraft patrolling over the Spratlys within the West Philippine Sea had received at least 46... Read more

Media Drinks Government’s Kool Aid on Inflation

RODRIGO DUTERTE did not run on an economic platform. He did not talk much about what economic changes people should expect. As president, he has admitted not knowing... Read more

Detainee’s Death Drives Media to Question Duterte’s Crackdown on Tambays

PRESENTED AS an effort to curb criminality, the president’s order to crackdown against “tambays” was given in a speech on June 13. He referred to loiterers as “potential... Read more

Departing from the Chorus on Chinese Loans

SINCE THE first year of the Duterte administration, the news has faithfully reported every glowing claim made by the president about the bounty to expect from China’s pledged... Read more