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A Closer Examination: Why the Deaths in Itogon?

CHEERS TO Rappler for its two-part story examining the Itogon community’s vulnerability and for exposing the weak law enforcement which were among the factors that led to the many... Read more

Remembering Martial Law: Media Repudiate Attempts to Revise History

THOUSANDS OF protesters from different groups and sectors gathered at Manila’s Luneta Park last September 21, united by the call “never forget, never again” to Martial Law.... Read more

People’s Tribunals: Rappler Explains Why They Matter

THE BELGIUM-BASED International People’s Tribunal on September 20 handed down a guilty verdict on President Rodrigo Duterte for “gross and systematic violations of human rights” during his bloody... Read more

The Duterte Talk Show: Media Saw Through the Subterfuge

MALACAÑANG ANNOUNCED last September 10 President Rodrigo Duterte’s desire to “speak to the nation.” But Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque did not disclose what he would be talking about... Read more

Media on Trillanes’ Amnesty: Quick Resistance in Aid of Democratic Values

CHEERS! THE media has responded quickly to President Duterte’s most recent attempt to silence a critic, exposing the voiding of the grant of amnesty to Senator Antonio Trillanes... Read more

Media Reports the KB Reunion in UP, Stokes Memories of its Role in Martial Law

Screengrab from Inquirer. OLD FRIENDS gather together because of shared connections in the past. So what’s so bad about the reunion of the alumnae of the Kabataang Barangay (KB)... Read more

PH Withdrawal from ICC: Other Issues Distract Media from Oral Arguments

WITH SO many other issues in the news, the media has not kept track of the case filed in the Supreme Court (SC), which relates to the killing of... Read more

Who’s Accountable? Media on the Food Shortage Crisis

CONTINUOUS RAINS along with typhoons have affected Philippine agricultural and aqua-cultural harvests this year, resulting in lower supplies and higher prices for such basic commodities as rice and... Read more

Ampatuan Wedding Furlough: Just Another Social Event?

SHAME ON media organizations that seem to have forgotten the wholesale murder of their own brothers and sisters in the journalism profession and failed to report how a... Read more

Rappler Explains Nuances of Crime Statistics

LAST AUGUST 14, President Rodrigo Duterte said he did not want to “suggest a Constitutional succession” should he resign the presidency. He said Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo cannot... Read more