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“Ompong” Coverage: OK But Could Have Been Better

TYPHOON OMPONG (Mangkhut) was the 15th and so far the strongest typhoon to smash into the Philippines this year, and even as it approached had invited comparisons with... 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

Only One Big Story at a Time?

ISSUES AND events which deserve attention are often sidelined when a big story breaks and continues to develop. But in this age of multiple media platforms and formats... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (September 8 to 14, 2018)

The Philippine Star, Septmber 8, 2018 Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 8, 2018 Malaya Business Insight, September 10, 2018 Manila Standard, September 10, 2018 Philippine Daily... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (September 1 to 7, 2018)

Business Mirror, September 3, 2018 The Philippine Star, September 4, 2018 Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 5, 2018 Malaya Business Insight, September 5, 2018 Philippine Daily... 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

Sultan Kudarat Blasts: In-depth Reports Needed

AN IMPROVISED explosive device (IED) went off in a night market in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday, August 28, killing three persons and injuring more than 30 others. The... 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

Forty-one Days as Chief Justice: A New Norm

THE FALLOUT from the Supreme Court’s (SC) ouster of former Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno last June is continuing. On Saturday, August 25, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra announced... Read more