Where to Find Critical Commentary on Philippine News
- kathleenyap
- Jul 8, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Jul 18, 2019
Understanding political news can be hard to grasp and forming an opinion can be even more difficult to do. Thankfully, there are news blogs found online to explain the country's current events while presenting their own insights on the event in order to help citizens gain more knowledge. Listed are five blogs that discuss not just the latests happenings but also their critical views on them.
Thinking Pinoy shares political opinions regarding the latest news in the country. What makes the blog posts in the site easy to read is the fact the writes provides background through listing a timeline of events. In his recent published posts regarding the Recto Bank incident and Caloocan Bishop David's statement on Bikoy, it can be seen that he states certain dates and corresponding events to strengthen his claims. This allows even those without prior knowledge to better understand the situations he talks about.
Pinoy Ako Blog aims to properly inform Filipinos and stray away from the popular fake news. The blog takes a different approach in creating commentary about the recent political events. It tackles them by writing them as letters addressed to the significant political figures in order to emphasize actions that need to be taken by them. There have been some written for President Rodrigo Duterte and Secretary Teddyboy Locsin among many other politicians, making them an interesting read.
A collaboration between authors from various countries, The Society of Honor: the Philippines opens the discussion to topics that affect the country. Ranging from culture to politics, the posts are written in a more engaging style that allows readers to relate with the writer. Many can enjoy reading this site since it does not take a very hard news approach unlike other news blogs. An example of this her post about the Chinese present in the Philippines; she wrote her own experience for it to be understood in a context people could relate to.
Trained with a background in investigative journalism, Raissa Robles created her own blog to express her opinions on her own platform. She writes critically about Philippine politics, making readers think about the situation of the country. I personally enjoyed reading her piece about Presidential spokesman Sal Panelo on the Recto Bank incident. Doing this to all her articles, Robles raises good points and backs them up with facts to guide the readers.
Boy Mejorada shares his personal opinions on topics about politics, business, and the like through his blog Mejorada's Point of View. He makes use of short, albeit interesting, titles in his blogs that make readers want to know about the issue and his view on them. He writes straight to the point and expresses his genuine views on the matter. His most recent post entitled Adios na, Trillanes did not try to hold back on his feelings, which people may resonate with.
Interesting read! Good to know these groups give takes on both sides.