Philippine Star Archives

2026 National budget: Headlines hit the big numbers

THE SUBMISSION of the MARCOS administration’s PHP6.793-trillion 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) on August 7 grabbed headlines, its historic size duly highlighted, a budget consistent with constitutional requirements and... Read more

Unpacking SWS’ self-rated poverty, official poverty stats

THE FINDINGS of public opinion polls are newsworthy. These are consistently given prominent time and space by the media, as the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey findings on... Read more

Missing context in reports on 107th birthday of Ferdinand Marcos Sr.

JEERS TO the media outlets that failed to include historical context in reports about the Marcos family’s celebration of the birth anniversary of their patriarch, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. on... Read more

From the Newsrooms: March 3 to 9, 2024

THIS WEEK the news followed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as he traveled to Australia to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia summit from March 4... Read more

The perniciousness of political violence

POLITICALLY MOTIVATED killings easily grab headlines. In the Philippines, these have been disturbingly frequent. The assassination of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo – so far one of the biggest... Read more

Racing against Crises: DOH, DA still headless

AGRICULTURE COULD not be more of a gut issue, with food being the most basic of goods and the threat of a food crisis on the horizon. Read more

This Week in Media (October 3 to 7, 2022)

LESS THAN a week after his return from New York, amid continuing recovery efforts for the victims of Super Typhoon Karding, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. flew to Singapore on... Read more

The media and the DSWD dole-out mess

SOCIAL WELFARE and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo bared plans last August 18 to distribute cash aid to indigent students. A former broadcaster himself, he detailed the program during... Read more

Not just DepEd: Agencies flagged by COA

THE PUBLIC should now be well aware that the Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged various agencies for failing to observe the procedures for spending and accounting for their... Read more

Puff pieces promote Padilla, Gatchalian

JEERS TO some broadsheets’ practice of publishing PR pieces in the guise of news. In just one month, they published a number of reports on Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and... Read more