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Was Media to Blame for the “Muddle in Manila”?

THE OPENING of the 2019 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games followed days of embarrassment for its organizers as headlines around the world highlighted the lack of planning and plain incompetence... Read more

All about ratings: Media milk celebrity family feud

JEERS TO ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol for airing a showbiz interview that took up almost a third of its one-hour newscast on October 22, effectively sidelining the key events and... Read more

Nation’s eyes on Congress: Media should help!

WITHOUT MUCH public attention, Congress railroaded a pork-laden budget, but media held back questions both on the speed of approval and dubious cuts and allocations. Voting 257-6 with no... Read more

Media on the return of polio: Missing the “why” and “how” of it

AFTER NEARLY two decades, the dreaded disease, poliomyelitis or polio, is back in the Philippines. On September 19, the Department of Health (DOH) reported the re-emergence of polio with... Read more

The traffic problem: Can media help?

HOW WILL the government solve Metro Manila’s worsening traffic problem? The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) is running out of ideas. And it seems all media can do is... Read more

Gifts for officials: Reports cited the law on gifts, OpEd took clear position on the issue

SHOULD PUBLIC servants accept gifts? When President Rodrigo Duterte said that accepting gifts is not a form of bribery and is allowed by law, media responded to correct his... Read more

Dengvaxia revival amid national dengue epidemic calls for more information

WITH THE continuing surge in the number of dengue cases, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III issued a national dengue epidemic alert on August 6. During the period from January to... Read more

Batanes earthquakes: Media must look into lapses in disaster preparedness

TYPHOON RESILIENT Batanes proved no match to earthquakes. Two tremors, one of magnitude 5.4 at 4:16 a.m. and another of magnitude 5.9 at 7:37 a.m. on Saturday, July 27,... Read more

Negros Killings: Important issues in “lawless violence”

THE WAVE of killings in Negros Oriental has stoked talk of martial law in the province. From July 18 to 27, at least 21 people have been gunned down... Read more

The boxing champ as legislator: Are journalists concerned?

FILIPINOS CHEERED Manuel “Pac-man” Pacquiao’s latest victory against American boxer Keith Thurman, when he clinched the World Boxing Association super welterweight title via a split decision on their July... Read more