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Five Months of the Rice “Tariffication” Law: Impact on Farmers, Public Missing

FIVE MONTHS after its passage, the Rice Liberalization Act (RA 11203) is back in the news. Signed in February, RA 11203 was set to address the shortage in affordable... Read more

The Recto Bank “Incident”: Government Narrative Trumps Survivors’ Accounts

ALMOST A month after the incident, public interest has remained fixed on the issues raised by the ramming and sinking of the Filipino fishing vessel in the West Philippine... Read more

All the President’s Men: Independent or Rubber Stamp?

UNRESOLVED IRREGULARITIES in the recent midterm elections did not stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from proclaiming the new senators last May 22. Nine out of the 12 are... Read more

Defeat of Dynasties: A More Critical Look

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s TV Patrol for a critical look into the defeat of some local dynasties. In a May 17 report, TV Patrol noted that political dynasties... Read more

Silent on Local Polls: TV Still Hot on the National Campaign Trail, Puff Pieces Still Dominate Print

THE LOCAL campaign kickoff on March 29 helped increase election-related reports, but brought little improvement to the reportage on the campaign. Most of the reports on TV were still... Read more

20 New Laws: Media Credits Duterte and Downplays Role of Congress

LAW MAKING is no simple matter. The legislative process includes drafting the bill, which is then debated and amended by the members of the House of Representatives or the... Read more

Hasty Reporting of the “Narco” List

EXPRESSING HIS “trust in the government agencies who (sic) have vetted and validated the narco-list,” President Rodrigo Duterte read the list of politicians who were alleged to be involved... Read more

All Aboard the Campaign Train: Nothing New, Hardly Relevant Coverage

FEBRUARY 12, the official start of the 2019 campaign, pushed into high gear media’s coverage of the May 19 midterm elections. But there was little that actually helped the... Read more

Beyond Congress: Explaining the Negative Impact of the Budget Deadlock

NO MATTER who wins in the seemingly endless budget row between the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Filipino people will certainly be on the losing end. On... Read more

Investigative Reports Needed on the Influx of Foreign Workers

A FORMER columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, who is now special envoy to China, drew flak for saying during a TV interview on March 7 that Chinese workers... Read more