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From the Newsrooms: March 17 to 23, 2024
THIS WEEK, âFrom the Newsroomsâ looks at the media coverage of two events. On March 20, a hearing in the House on the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed that... Read more
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Cha-cha plebiscite and midterm polls in one event: A test of Comelecâs independence
BOTH LEGISLATIVE chambers are on the forefront of ongoing charter change discussions. Legislators have repeatedly said that amendments will be limited to economic measures in the 1987 Constitution. Read more
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On Australian TV: No ill-gotten wealth? Only a few dared to speak up in Manila
CHEERS TO Rappler, Philstar.com, News5, and Vera Files for exposing the lies that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said about his familyâs ill-gotten wealth in an interview on Australian television... Read more
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Jade Castro and the danger of warrantless arrest: Rappler, Philstar.com explain when such arrest is legal
CHEERS TO Rappler and Philstar.com for calling attention to the highly irregular arrest of filmmaker Jade Castro and his companions in the province of Quezon. Read more
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Media reports on week of disasters and climate issues
FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, a forest fire, drought â news this month presented a rather frightful state of the country. Read more
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From the Newsrooms: February 4 to 10, 2024
MARCOSâ VISIT on February 7 fixed the news spotlight on Davao. Although bad weather had caused quite severe flooding and landslides in the area, the Presidentâs schedule which had... Read more
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Media fail to highlight HR issues in GSP+ talks
JEERS TO news outfits that focused entirely on the trade benefits of the European Unionâs Generalized Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) without discussing issues involving human and labor rights,... Read more
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A week of cases: Legal actions cast more doubt on âdangerousâ anti-terror law
THE ANTI-TERRORISM Act (ATA) is one of the most contested laws in Philippine history. Since it was signed into law in 2020, the ATA has been repeatedly challenged before... Read more
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Yolanda ten years later: Media goes back to communities, zoom in on perennial problems
TEN YEARS ago, the tragedy caused by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) claimed at least 6,300 lives and forced 750,000 people to flee their homes. Media accounts recalled the day... Read more
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Public approval for free tuition is not news; Poor lead distracts from real story
JEERS TO the news outfits that used survey results showing overwhelming public support for free tertiary education as its lead, calling attention to something that is hardly news. Read more