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Palace draft of freedom of info bill: Focus on restrictions?

A scan of the initial draft of the Aquino administration’s Freedom of Information (FOI) bill reveals a focus on restricting rather than enhancing the right to information. The administration... Read more

No place for apathy

It was in 2003 when I first covered a fact-finding mission on human rights violations (HRVs). I was months into what was then the newly established progressive media venture,... Read more

Does Self-Regulation have a Future in the Philippines?

THE MEDIA are not only failing to regulate themselves; more importantly, some media organizations are actually depending on the government to intervene, in effect eroding the very principle of... Read more

PJR Reports May – June 2011

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Out of the Media Box Covering Oil Price Hikes by Sonny Africa News Agenda Failure? Focus On a Wedding by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo... Read more

In-depth

CHEERS to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for an in-depth report on the finances and the tax cases filed against ex-Presidential son, now Ang Galing Pinoy Representative... Read more

One source story

JEERS to The Daily Tribune for a single-sourced report on the alleged plan of 2010 Liberal Party Vice Presidential candidate Manuel Roxas II to oust House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte... Read more

Puff piece

Jeers to The Manila Times for its puff piece on Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. The April 18 front-page article “Quezon City eyes premiere status” initially discussed the possibility... Read more

Biased

Jeers to The Manila Times for a biased Easter Sunday special issue containing only the Church position on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. “Today, Easter Sunday, we purposely offer... Read more

Legitimizing plagiarism

JEERS TO the Philippine Star’s Alfred Yuson for an argument that in effect legitimizes plagiarism, and which could give journalists, writers, and editors the mistaken impression that using portions... Read more

“Nobody home” at op-ed

Jeers to Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Amando Doronila for providing one more argument in favor of a right of reply law by reacting to a supposed letter to the... Read more