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PJR Reports November-December 2011

SOME Filipino journalists can rank among the best in the world. Since the end of the martial law period the best investigative reports have not only looked into those... Read more

PJR Reports September – October 2011

Editor’s Note: FOCUS THE POSSIBILITY that some of the journalists who have been killed in this country since 1986 might not have been ethical, or even corrupt, isn’t exactly... Read more

Broadcaster’s daughter abducted

Unidentified men kidnapped a daughter of a Palawan-based broadcaster last 15 September 2011. The girl was released unharmed after 8 hours, but the kidnappers were able to evade arrest.... Read more

A quick rundown

CHEERS TO GMA News Online for breaking down the second State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Benigno Aquino III to the main points of the speech. Read more

A harrowing experience

Cheers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its nightmarish first-person account on securing an exit clearance from the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Read more

A progress report

CHEERS TO the news organizations which reviewed President Benigno Aquino III’s campaign and inaugural promises in time for the 2011 State of the Nation Address (SONA). Read more

Slow news day

Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for wasting newspaper space with a story on a “perplexed” President Benigno Aquino III over a Math problem he received through text. Read more

AFP press release

JEERS to Malaya for the report “AFP officials to attend DOJ probe on missing UP students,” which sounded like a press release from the Armed Forces of the Philippines... Read more

Jeers to Malaya for reporting the alleged association of Escalante City, Negros Occidental Mayor Melecio Yap with the New People’s Army (NPA) which caused the National Police Commission to... Read more

PJR Reports July – August 2011

THE MEDIA whether old (print and broadcast) or new (blogs, online news, and social networking sites) were once again in the center of attention in July and August, as... Read more