Archive - Editor's Pick Year all all 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Items per page 24 12 18 24 30 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 Editor's Pick VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Are there EU countries with death penalty? The president says there are EU countries with death penalty. Is that so? By VERA FILES | Apr 1, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick PWDs in conflict areas in Mindanao lack access to humanitarian aid The forlorn look on Haron Arisa’s face, his stooped frame and the bony remnants of his once sturdy legs seem to echo the heavy burden that has been weighing him down for about four years now. By TEXT AND PHOTOS BY TESS BACALLA | Mar 24, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Carpio tells Duterte what to do re China in Scarborough Shoal Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio reminded Sunday President Duterte of his “constitutional duty” to the Filipino people to defend the country’s national territory and suggested to him four ways he can do it as regards the reported China’s plans to set up an environmental monitoring station in Scarborough Shoal. By Ellen T. Tordesillas | Mar 20, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Forensics, withheld evidence seen to bolster Tokhang survivor’s case When police chief Ronald de la Rosa was once asked to explain before the Senate the deaths in the drug war, he had one reply: “They resisted arrest. Otherwise, they would have been alive.” By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL | Mar 12, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Lascañas: ‘Superman’ ordered death of political enemies, innocents They called him Superman. That was the code the Davao Death Squad allegedly gave former Davao City mayor now President Rodrigo Duterte while they were killing criminals on his orders, according to police officer and the DDS’ self-confessed team leader Arthur Lascañas. By Charmaine Deogracias | Feb 26, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick ASEAN begins talks on Code of Conduct in South China Sea amid continued tensions The Association of Southeast Asian Nations starts discussions on a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea this month with two contentious issues: the non-militarization of occupied features, and restraint in the activities in the SCS, specifically those involving China. By Charmaine Deogracias | Feb 6, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick PH reconciliation with China reduced tension in SCS, good for ASEAN President Rodrigo Duterte’s conciliatory approach toward China has reduced tensions in the South China Sea and is a positive development for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), two foreign policy experts said. By Charmaine C. Deogracias | Jan 31, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick Drug war survivor claims police shot at them, ‘execution-style’ He played dead to save his life. Having been shot in the chest, Efren Morillo had to cover his wound, slide down a ravine, cross a stream, climb a hill and crawl to the nearest highway to get help. By MARIA FEONA IMPERIAL | Jan 28, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick ASEAN 2017 bid rules skewed to favor one company? When the government bidded out the P2.8 billion events management contract for the 50th anniversary of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations to be held in the Philippines this year, it tailor-made the criteria so that a favored company would bag the deal, a company excluded from the bidding said. By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS | Jan 3, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick DBM shortcuts bid process for P2.8 billion ASEAN hosting deal The Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) has allegedly violated the government procurement law when it bidded out the gargantuan P2.8 billion events management contract for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conferences this year, a company excluded from the bidding said. By CHARMAINE C. DEOGRACIAS and ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS | Jan 2, 2017 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES YEARENDER: DIGONGsyonaryo THE year 2016 gave the Philippines a new president, who brought with him to office his very own lexicon, one which we must use our “creative imagination” to fathom. By VERA Files | Dec 31, 2016 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES YEARENDER: Despite Marcos burial at LNMB, facts about his fake heroism remain It could have been the year a Marcos scion almost got elected the second highest official of the land. Instead, 2016 proved it had more in store for the family of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos Sr. By VERA Files | Dec 30, 2016 | 6-minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES YEARENDER: Duterte’s curses and insults It's no longer shocking as it was months before when news of President Rodrigo Duterte taking a swipe at yet another world leader breaks out. By VERA Files | Dec 28, 2016 | -minute read KEEP READING Editor's Pick VERA FILES YEARENDER: Explaining the president: He says, they say For the Philippines, the second half of 2016 meant listening to President Rodrigo Duterte’s press conferences, often at midnight, and his curses and threats against world leaders, corrupt politicians, and drug lords. By VERA Files | Dec 23, 2016 | -minute read KEEP READING Posts navigation Newer posts 1 … 28 29 30 31 32 … 34 Older posts