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Duterte Travels: A Price Check

AMONG THE qualities that have endeared him to his supporters, the president’s simple lifestyle and his disregard for the pomp and circumstance of his office have been notable.... Read more

Checking Aguirre’s Claim

JUSTICE IS truth in action*. For democracy to work, government officials are expected to be truthful when speaking to the people, sharing factual and accurate information and opinion... Read more

Resorts World Manila Attack: Cautious Coverage of a Confusing Incident

THE MEDIA’S job is to inform the public, as accurately and as quickly as possible. In case of an attack — such as what happened in Resorts World... Read more

Martial Law in Mindanao: The Press Steps Up

MARTIAL LAW is something the Philippine press takes very seriously. The journalists and media agencies that survived its ravages from the ‘70s to the ‘80s take pride... Read more

‘Spoiled and Rotten Information’: Debunking PNA’s Fake News

THE ADMINISTRATION of President Rodrigo Duterte has developed the habit of admonishing the media for reporting “fake news”— reports which are either critical of the administration, particularly its... Read more

Cross-checking the Numbers

AFTER THE much-publicized confirmation hearings, the Commission on Appointments (CA) rejected the nomination of Gina Lopez as Environment Secretary on May 3. Lopez was the second to be... Read more

Duterte and the ICC: Online Takes Time to Explain and Explore

IT’S ALWAYS difficult to report on a court case as this usually involves legal terms. For non-lawyer journalists, it poses a challenge. Judicial systems involve complex processes and... Read more

Media on UN Rapporteur’s Visit: Misplaced Focus, Missed Details

BY THE time of her visit, enough journalists in the Philippines had come to know about Agnes Callamard and her appointment as United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Summary... Read more

The Missing “Zero”: Disproving Cayetano’s Claim on Tolerance for Abuse

“AT ALL times, the Duterte administration seeks to uphold the rule of law. In fact, the president, President Duterte has a zero policy… has a policy of zero... Read more

Rappler Managing Editor Selected As Nieman Fellow

JOURNALIST GLENDA M. Gloria, the current managing editor of online news site Rappler, has been named a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. Joining 23 other... Read more