Archive - Editor's Pick Year 2017 all 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 Items per page 18 12 18 24 30 Editor's Pick Teacher education regains popularity Riena Mercene is weeks away from graduation. On June 25, the 22-year-old will bid farewell to the University of the Philippines College of Education where she just finished a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. By Frances Josephine Espeso, Danielle Nakpil and Arianne Christian Tapao | Jun 5, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Trump calls Resorts World incident a ‘terrorist attack’; was it? Was the Resorts World incident a ‘terrorist attack’ as Trump says? By VERA Files | Jun 2, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Duterte bestows ISIS status on Maute group The Maute Group is now an international terrorist organization, thanks to President Rodrigo Duterte and his declaration of martial law in Mindanao. By Charmaine Deogracias | May 29, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Martial law in Mindanao ‘dress rehearsal’ for authoritarian rule — Monsod Christian Monsod said there was a “a bigger agenda” in the declaration of martial law. By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL | May 28, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Explaining martial law What we need to know about martial law By VERA FILES | May 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Duterte declares Martial Law in Mindanao; Know your rights PRIMER: Your rights under Martial Law by Free Legal Assistance Group By Free Legal Assistance Group | May 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Was the definition of EJKs changed under the Duterte administration? (UPDATED) Recently appointed foreign affairs chief Alan Peter Cayetano slammed the double standard used by critics of the Duterte administration to define extrajudicial killings (EJKs). By VERA Files | May 21, 2017 | 7-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Justice Carpio tells Duterte to bring to UN Xi’s threat to go to war Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio said today the Philippines can bring to the United Nations the matter of China’s President Xi Jinping threatening President Duterte that China would wage war if the Philippines starts drilling oil in disputed areas in the South China Sea. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | May 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: PNA replaces its fake news that 95 states are convinced there are no EJKs in the country; no apology or reason given Without explaining or apologizing, the state-run news agency replaced the headline and the entire text of what used to be an article entitled “95 nations in 3rd UPR convinced no EJKs in PHL. By VERA Files | May 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick DOTr highlights ‘radical’ transport modernization during UN Road Safety celebration A “very radical transport modernization program” is in the offing. By VERLIE Q. RETULIN | May 13, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Silence of the Lambs The Philippine chairmanship of the golden anniversary of Asean adopted for its theme, “Partnering for Change, Engaging the World.” By Lauro L. Baja, Jr. | May 9, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick 1734 Murillo Velarde map is back in Manila Sharing the spotlight at the launching of Senior Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s E-Book, “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea” at the Manila Polo Club Thursday was a glass- encased 1734 Murillo-Velarde map. By Ellen Tordesillas | May 6, 2017 | 3-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick DID YOU KNOW? You’re insured every time you ride a registered PUV Road Safety Journalism Fellow Jacque Manabat details the insurance benefits road crash victims and their families should receive according to the law. By Jacque Manabat | May 1, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick PR and crisis comms lessons from the United Airlines incident Two days after the video of a passenger being bodily dragged out of his seat from a United Airlines (UA) aircraft became viral on social media, the company’s stocks lost US$250 million in market value. By By Carlo Figueroa | Apr 23, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick There’s a land where rape does not exist Two young Filipinas had a tie that bound them. They were both victims of rape by their kin in their innocence. It was with sheer wonder and fascination that they embarked together on a research journey---validating a finding from an anthropological study of the Bontoks , where no one knew about rape. By Yolanda L. Punzalan | Apr 15, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Remembering human rights abuses on Holy Week While the country marked Holy Week, members of human rights groups called on relatives of those killed in the government’s war against drugs to share their stories as a way of easing the pain of loss. By Photos by Daniel Abunales, text by Luz Rimban | Apr 14, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Bohol town observes Holy Week with more passion after thwarted terrorist attack INABANGA, Bohol. – Residents of this tranquil town are going through real suffering as they join the Christian world in the observance of Semana Santa recalling the passion of Christ some 2, 000 years ago. By Cooper Resabal | Apr 13, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Lascañas says Duterte paid him using Davao City’s ‘ghost’ employees In the business of death, self-confessed hitman Arturo Lascañas had reaped a ghastly reward: He became a “ghost” employee of the Davao City Hall, whose paycheck got a boost from the salaries of other “ghost” employees. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Apr 3, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts pagination Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 Older posts