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Media highlight relevance of ruling: SC voids Arroyo-era exploration deal

CHEERS TO several media accounts that provided explainers and interviews that discussed a Supreme Court (SC) ruling on the 2005 joint exploration deal with China and Vietnam and its... Read more

Court acquits Rappler’s Maria Ressa of tax evasion

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) on 18 January 2023 cleared Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa of all four tax evasion charges... Read more

Getting ahead: Rappler looks at future of human rights under Marcos regime

CHEERS TO Rappler’s timely and useful report that looked into possible developments in the quest for justice of the victims of the bloody “drug war” of former President Rodrigo... Read more

Media question government’s accountability re marginalized groups’ SIM registration access

CHEERS to ANC, GMA News, Rappler, One News, and TeleRadyo for calling attention to the challenges marginalized groups may face in the implementation of the Marcos administration’s first law:... Read more

Rappler and ANC report pattern of police brutality

CHEERS TO Rappler and ANC’s Rundown for reviewing past cases of police brutality in light of a recently reported case in Southern Leyte. Other media did report the incident... Read more

QC court convicts Baguio-based journo of cyber libel

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A Quezon City court convicted Baguio-based journalist and Rappler correspondent Frank Cimatu of cyber libel on December 13 over a 2017 Facebook post that the court said... Read more

Gains and Losses: Media review foreign SWF practices

CHEERS TO GMA-7’s 24 Oras, VERA Files, and Rappler for reports that reviewed how other countries manage their respective Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF). While the media correctly produced explainers... Read more

A Step Towards Justice: Media Report “Drug War” Victim’s Corrected Cause of Death Certificate

CHEERS TO reports which called attention to the need for truth and accuracy in the documentation of deaths involved in Rodrigo Duterte’s “drug war.” Going back to the falsification... Read more

Rappler reports expanded mining operations in Mindanao

CHEERS TO Rappler’s two-part report on the large-scale operations of mining companies across Mindanao. The expansion of these activities is based on those companies’ belief that President Ferdinand Marcos... Read more

Some media fail to provide background on new BIR Chief

JEERS TO news accounts that reported the appointment of Romeo Lumagui Jr. as the new Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner last November 15 without any reference to the... Read more