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Government incompetence responsible for delays in vaccine arrivals — media

CHEERS TO Inquirer and Rappler for not letting pass government’s excuse for the delay of the vaccine roll out which presidential spokesperson Harry Roque hyped as a fitting Valentine’s... Read more

Media during the pandemic: Public scrutiny of PH vaccine plan needed

CMFR monitored the coverage of four primetime news programs (ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol, GMA-7’s 24 Oras, TV5’s Frontline Pilipinas, CNN Philippines’ News Night), six Manila-based broadsheets (Philippine Daily Inquirer,... Read more

Media check Duterte and allies’ push for Cha-cha

Now in his last year in office, President Duterte seems determined to push for Charter change with the intention of opening the economy to foreign investments and preventing... Read more

Stonewalling DOJ’s drug war deaths report: Rappler sounds the alarm

IN THE fifth year of the Duterte presidency, media have reported less on the “war on drugs” even as drug-related killings continued. But Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra made headlines... Read more

“Isolated incident?”

THE COLD-BLOODED double-murder of a woman and her son by an off-duty policeman in Tarlac rocked the nation just a few days before Christmas. Footage of Police SMSgt. Jonel... Read more

Media on the questionable arrests of the ‘Human Rights Day 7’

ON DECEMBER 10—Human Rights Day no less—the PNP arrested a journalist and six activists on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives as part of what critics denounced... Read more

Justice for judges: Rappler flags impunity in lawyer killings

NOT EVEN those who administer justice are spared from the country’s culture of violence and impunity. Since Duterte became president in 2016, 54 lawyers, prosecutors and judges have been... Read more

Rappler looks into Duterte’s many task forces

THE GOVERNMENT is not new to national task forces, special bodies formed by the president to address urgent matters. President Duterte has created 16 task forces so far, perhaps... Read more

Can’t probe or won’t ?

RODRIGO ROA Duterte talked big about ending corruption in government even during his 2016 campaign. Four years into his term, he has definitely shown a soft side for some... Read more

Rappler brings to light military’s dangerous behavior online

THE DUTERTE administration’s fight against communist insurgency has taken to social media platforms as a frontline of action. As the military justifies its “information war” to help quell insurgency,... Read more